hello.
i searched this on the internet for hours but can't find an answer. you know the quote "Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?" from Hamlet? this is th quote from the scene where ophelia rejects hamlet and give like a token or something back to hamlet,, and because of that and the whole things going around he gets mad and says this quote to ophelia.. anyway my question is how does this quote reflect to the play?
2007-03-25 16:20:18 · 4 answers · asked by bubbles 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
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2007-03-25 16:27:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet's anger at Ophelia is an expression of his anger at his mother. By telling her "why breed sinners," he's expressing that he himself is a sinner, as he is projecting his mother's actions (breeding sinners) onto Ophelia.
At the same time Hamlet is also trying to push away Ophelia, out of concern, because he does not want her involved in the blood shed he knows is going to happen.
2007-03-25 23:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by FCabanski 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she marries Hamlet, she might have a son llike his father and his uncle - both had killed to get land. Hamlet himself feared he could not "reform our old stock." To be a king was to be a killer. See more at http://academia.wikia.com/wiki/Motifs_in_Hamlet#The_Mole_of_Nature
2007-03-26 16:28:35 · answer #3 · answered by Ray Eston Smith Jr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out Spark Notes:
Shakespeare- Hamlet
Hope this helps
2007-03-25 23:25:17 · answer #4 · answered by Antigre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋