Question

What is most closely the author's argument in the passage below (paragraph 13? (the man) is dominated by an emotion which is inexpressible , because it is in excess of the facts as they appearAnd the supposed identity of Hamlet with his author is genuine to this point that Hamlet's bafflement at the absence of objective equivalent to his feelings is a prolongation of the battlement of his creator in the face of his artistic problemis up against the difficulty that his disgust is occasioned by mother, but that his mother is not an adequate equivalent for his disgust envelops and exceeds heris thus a feeling which he cannot understandhe cannot objectify it, and it therefore remains to poison life and obstruct actionNone of the possible actions can satisfy itand nothing that Shakespeare can do with the plot can express Hamlet for him and emotions the of Gertrude more would have improved the play The of Macbeth walking in sleep one of the most in evoke emotion in the audience by presenting characters in action

Answer 1

The author's argument in the passage is that the emotion that the man is feeling (presumably Hamlet) is complex and difficult to understand, and cannot be adequately expressed or objectified. This emotion, which is in excess of the facts as they appear, is caused by the man's disgust with his mother, but his mother is not an adequate equivalent for this disgust. As a result, the emotion remains unexpressed and poisons the man's life and obstructs his actions. The author suggests that no action can satisfy this emotion, and that Shakespeare was unable to effectively express it through the plot of the play. The author also notes that presenting characters in action, such as the sleepwalking scene in "Macbeth," can be an effective way to evoke emotion in the audience.

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