Question

Hamlet's hammartia or tragic flaw could include all of the following EXCEPT

Question 4 options:

an inability to make up his mind


uncertainty from not knowing the truth


a melancholy love sickness which leads to temporary insanity


having his reason submerged by excessive and powerful passions.

Hamlet pretends to be insane in order to

Question 12 options:

enlist Ophelia's sympathy


prompt Claudius to send him away


test his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern


conceal his attempts to get information regarding Claudius's guilt

Answer 1

1. Hamlet's tragic flaw is everything enlisted above, except for 'a melancholy love sickness which leads to temporary insanity'. He wasn't in love, not really, so this sentence refers to Ophelia, not Hamlet.
2. Hamlet pretends to be insane so as to 'conceal his attempts to get information regarding Claudius' guilt'. He didn't want his uncle to realize what he was trying to accomplish, so it was easier for him to pretend to be mad so that nobody would pay any attention to him.