JAMB Literature in English 2006 Question 32

Question 32

Set Text: Hamlet

In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ghost serves to

  1. A.accelerate dramatic conflict
  2. B.intensify dramatic conflict
  3. C.initiate dramatic conflict
  4. D.complicate dramatic conflict.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (initiate dramatic conflict)

Explanation

The ghost reveals the murder and orders Hamlet to take revenge, which sets the whole conflict of the play in motion.