Question

4054va v. english 12 sem a- a
hamlet, part 6: applying literary criticism
sith i have cause and will and strength and means (50)
to do ’t. examples gross as earth exhort me:
witness this army of such mass and charge
led by a delicate and tender prince,
whose spirit with divine ambition puff’d
makes mouths at the invisible event, (55)
exposing what is mortal and unsure
to all that fortune, death and danger dare,
even for an egg - shell. rightly to be great
is not to stir without great argument,
but greatly to find quarrel in a straw (60)
when honour’s at the stake. how stand i then,
that have a father kill’d, a mother stain’d,
excitements of my reason and my blood,
and let all sleep, while, to my shame, i see
the imminent death of twenty thousand men, (65)
that, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot
whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,
which is not tomb enough and continent
to hide the slain? o! from this time forth, (70)
my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth! exit.
what does hamlet resolve to do after meeting fortinbrass army?
pick a fight with fortinbras
take violent revenge for his father’s murder
go to court to give evidence against king claudius
join fortinbras in fighting against poland

Explanation:

In the passage, Hamlet reflects on Fortinbras's army fighting for a small plot of land and contrasts it with his own situation (father killed, mother stained). He resolves "My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!", indicating he will take violent revenge for his father's murder. Option A is incorrect as he doesn't plan to fight Fortinbras. Option C is incorrect as he doesn't plan to give evidence. Option D is incorrect as he doesn't plan to join Fortinbras.

Answer:

B. take violent revenge for his father’s murder