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In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what plot events undermine Queen Gertrude’s confidence?
a) Ophelia and Hamlet’s flirtations
b) Hamlet’s and Laertes’s accusations
c) Laertes’s and Hamlet’s departures from Denmark
d) Claudius and Laertes’s discussions about revenge

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Answer:

B) Hamlet’s and Laertes’s accusations

Explanation:

Hamlet rants out at his mother when she asks him to stop going against the King (Claudius). In reply, he asks her that why had she betrayed his father and married his father's brother. Gertrude pleads Hamlet to stop speaking such things as she gets shattered on listening to the truth. She very well knows that Claudius has killed the King and had taken his place.

The plot event that undermines Queen Gertrude's confidence in William Shakespeare's Hamlet is Hamlet and Laertes's accusation.

Why Queen's confidence was undermined

According to the complete text, Hamlet argues with his mother while she was advising him stop the rebellion against king Claudius.

In anger and reply of Hamlet to his mother Queen Gertrude, he asks her why she had married his father's brother in betrayal.

She pleads with her son to stop speaking to her in such manner as she is hurt from the truth she hears knowing fully well that Claudius killed the king and took his place.

This brought about the plot event that undermine Queen Gertrude's confidence.

Therefore the correct answer is option B.

  • Hamlet and Laertes's

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