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The Ghost orders Hamlet to revenge but instructs him to spare:
AHoratio
BOphelia
CPolonius
DHis mother Gertrude
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. His mother Gertrude
1. The Ghost's command in Act I, Scene V isolates Claudius as the target.
2. Gertrude's punishment is left to her conscience, not Hamlet's sword.
3. This constraint shapes Hamlet's bedroom scene confrontation later.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "leaving her punishment to conscience"_
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