When Hamlet is speaking to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act II, scene ii, he says, “I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.” What message is he attempting to convey to his old 'friends' and the audience?
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A.He wants to go hunting with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern so that he can practice killing animals before he has to kill Claudius.
B.He is angered by the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been sent by the King and Queen as spies.
C.Hamlet is saying that his madness changes like the weather, and that he is only mad some of the time.
D.The high winds in Denmark suggest the fact that chaos still reigns after the murder of the former King.
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The message that Hamlet is attempting to convey to his old 'friends' and the audience is:
C. Hamlet is saying that his madness depends on the weather and that he is only mad some of the time
In Act II Scene II of the play “Hamlet,” Hamlet meets two of his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. They have been called by Gertrude and Claudius to help Hamlet come out of his state of mental stress. Hamlet discloses his state of melancholy in which he has lost all the joys of his life and how his life seems worthless to him.
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