Question

Read the excerpt from Hamlet.

Gertrude: O Hamlet! speak no more; Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.
Hamlet: Nay, but to live In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stew’d in corruption, honeying and making love Over the nasty sty,—
Gertrude: O! speak to me no more; These words like daggers enter in mine ears; No more, sweet Hamlet! T
he excerpt supports the conclusion that Gertrude
A. ignores what Hamlet says because she thinks he’s crazy.
B. can’t bear listening to Hamlet because she knows he’s right.
C. has difficulty understanding Hamlet because he’s yelling so loud.
D. doesn’t really pay attention to Hamlet because he’s ranting.

Answer 1

The second statement is correct

Answer 2

The answer is B: can’t bear listening to Hamlet because she knows he’s right.

Gertrude is Hamlet´s mother who, after the death of her husband, Hamlet´s father, married Claudius in haste raising suspicions on Hamlet as to whether she conspired with Claudius to have his father killed. Even though the latter is not fully demonstrated in the play, her guilt does eat away at her as Hamlet finally confronts her and we see that she can´t bear his words because they are true.