Question

the tragedy of hamlet, prince of denmark
act i. scene ii.
king hamlet’s brother, claudius, is now king of denmark. he has married queen gertrude, the former king’s wife and prince hamlet’s mother. in a speech to the royal court, king claudius defends his decision to marry his former sister - in - law.
a room of state in the castle.
enter king claudius, queen gertrude, hamlet, polonius, laertes, voltimand, cornelius, lords, and attendants.
claudius: though yet of hamlet our dear brother’s death
the memory be green, and that it us befitted
to bear our hearts in grief and our whole kingdom (5)
to be contracted in one brow of woe,
yet so far hath discretion fought with nature
that we with wisest sorrow think on him,
together with remembrance of ourselves.
therefore our sometime sister, now our queen, (10)
the imperial jointress of this war - like state,
have we, as ’twere with a defeated joy,
with one auspicious and one dropping eye.
hamlet: thrift, thrift, horatio! the funeral bak’d meats
did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
in the excerpt, shakespeare characterizes hamlet as
resentful that gertrude and claudius wasted so much food.
disgusted that gertrude and claudius married so quickly.
grateful that his mother did not have to remain a widow for long.
amused that he was able to attend his own mother’s wedding.

Explanation:

Hamlet's line "the funeral bak'd meats Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables" is a metaphorical and sarcastic comment. The fact that the food from his father's funeral was used for his mother (Gertrude) and Claudius' wedding implies he is upset about how quickly they married after his father's death, showing his disgust at the hasty marriage, not concern about food waste, gratitude, or amusement.

Answer:

disgusted that Gertrude and Claudius married so quickly.