Question

this excerpt is from shakespeares hamlet, a play about a prince who struggles to get revenge for the murder of his father. hamlet has just listened to an actor give a moving speech that dramatizes the reaction of hecuba, the queen of ancient troy, to the death of her husband in battle.
is it not monstrous that this player here,
but in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
could force his soul so to his own conceit
that from her working all his visage wanned,
tears in his eyes, distraction in his aspect,
a broken voice, and his whole function suiting
with forms to his conceit - and all for nothing!
for hecuba!
whats hecuba to him, or he to hecuba,
that he should weep for her? what would he do
had he the motive and the cue for passion
that i have? he would drown the stage with tears...
which statement best expresses how shakespeare draws on the story of hecuba from the iliad?
choose 1 answer:
a shakespeare alludes to the story of hecuba to suggest that hamlets strong emotions are not appropriate for a prince.
b shakespeare describes hecubas experiences as a dream of passion to suggest that hamlet is also dreaming.
c shakespeare highlights similarities between hamlet and hecuba to suggest that hamlet is boastful and conceited.
d shakespeare uses the story of hecuba to make a comparison that shows the depth and strength of hamlets grief.

Explanation:

En el texto, Hamlet observa cómo un actor se conmueve profundamente por la historia de Hécuba (a la que no está relacionado). Luego, se pregunta qué haría el actor si tuviera motivos reales (como los de Hamlet, que busca vengar a su padre). La comparación sugiere que el dolor de Hamlet es tan profundo que, si el actor (que se conmueve por algo ajeno) llora por Hécuba, Hamlet (con un dolor personal) tendría un sentimiento mucho más intenso.

Answer:

D. Shakespeare uses the story of Hecuba to make a comparison that shows the depth and strength of Hamlet's grief.