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JAMB Literature in English 2006 Question 33

Question 33

Set Text: Hamlet
JAMB 2006: William Shakespeare, Hamlet (extract)
The passage, as printed

The ghost exhorts young Hamlet not to kill his mother because

  1. A.his wife is bewitched into falling for Claudius' seduction
  2. B.the ghost wishes her to be left to the torment of her conscience
  3. C.the ghost still loves his wife even in death
  4. D.the young Hamlet will be guilty of matricide.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (the ghost wishes her to be left to the torment of her conscience)

Explanation

Right after these lines the ghost tells Hamlet to 'leave her to heaven, and to those thorns that in her bosom lodge': Gertrude is to be punished by her own guilty conscience.