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Match Hamlet’s words with the given situations.

i) take arms against a sea of troubles: to fight against endless suffering

ii) shuffled off this mortal coil: died


iii) natural shocks that flesh is heir to: normal conflicts that afflict us


iv) slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: violent attacks of misfortune


v) your manager at office is rude to you: the insolence of office


vi) your proud neighbour looks down upon you: the proud man's contumely


vii) you present a bouquet to someone you love but it is not accepted: the pangs of despised love


viii) you have filed a case five years ago but it is still pending: the law’s delay


ix) you follow the policy of forgive and forget and you are friendly to your enemy:


the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takes


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'For in the sleep of death what dreams may come

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil'


i) What do you understand by the phrase 'mortal coil'?


ii) Shuffling off this mortal coil refers to _____________.


iii) What dreams does one have in 'the sleep of death'?

 6

Hamlet puts forth his thesis statement at the beginning.

‘To be or not to be’ [to continue to exist or not]


i) How does he elaborate his proposition in lines 3-6?


ii) Which lines bring out Hamlet's pessimism?


iii) What dream does Hamlet refer to in lines 10 and 11?

 6

Hamlet talks about various things that make people's life miserable forcing them to feel depressed and end their lives.

 1

Answer the following questions briefly.

Bring out, in your words, the central idea of Hamlet's soliloquy.