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Hamlet's distrust of his mother centres on her marriage being:
AAn affair predating the murder
BPolitically motivated only
CIncestuous and a betrayal of his father's memory
DA forced second marriage
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Incestuous and a betrayal of his father's memory
1. Hamlet uses the word 'incestuous' for the union of Gertrude and Claudius.
2. The Elizabethan view treated brother-in-law marriage as scripturally proscribed.
3. The bedroom scene (Act III, Scene IV) develops the moral charge.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "Hamlet despises her marriage to Claudius as "incestuous" and betrayal of his father's memory"_
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