Which phrase from the excerpt best reflects Hamlet's state of mind?

A.) Thaw and resolve itself into a dew;

B.) His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!

C.) How weary, stale,

D.) Fie on 't! O fie!

Hamlet: "O! that this too too solid flesh would melt,

Thaw and resolve itself into a dew;

Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd

His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God!

How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable

Seem to me all the uses of this world.

Fie on 't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,

That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature

Possess it merely. That it should come to this!"

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Atticus Marks

8 September, 14:15

Which phrase from the excerpt best reflects Hamlet's state of mind?

A.) Thaw and resolve itself into a dew;

B.) His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!

C.) How weary, stale,

D.) Fie on 't! O fie!

Hamlet: "O! that this too too solid flesh would melt,

Thaw and resolve itself into a dew;

Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd

His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God!

How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable

Seem to me all the uses of this world.

Fie on 't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,

That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature

Possess it merely. That it should come to this!"

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Yusuf Blevins · Answer 1

The answer is C. he talks about how stale he is in the play.

Maritza Nash · Answer 2

The phrase from the excerpt that best reflects Hamlet's state of mind is C. How weary, stale, ...

This is because Hamlet is weary, meaning tired, from having to decide so much what he is supposed to do. On one hand, he wants to avenge his father's death by killing his own uncle. On the other hand, he is fatigued, and quite suicidal, which is obvious from his soliloquy, To be or not to be.