FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Hamlet wants to attack Claudius when he least expects it
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Hamlet doesn’t want to kill Claudius because he forgave him
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He did kill him while he was praying
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In another moment of hesitation in Act Three, Hamlet aborts the killing of Claudius because the man’s praying, and Hamlet worries that his uncle will go to Heaven if he dies while praying.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet comes upon him kneeling and draws his sword, but then stops to think that if he kills Claudius at prayer, Claudius will go to heaven. Hamlet decides to kill Claudius when the king is committing a sin so that Claudius will instead go to hell.
Detailed explanation-3: -46) Why does Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius after the traveling players’ perform their play? Claudius is praying, and Hamlet doesn’t want to send him to Heaven, so he vows instead to kill him when he is “about some act that has no relish of salvation in’t."
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the irony of Hamlets decision while Claudius is at prayer? It is ironic because Hamlet thought that he could not kill him because he would be sent to heaven but Claudius says that his prayer didnt work. This means that Hamlet could have killed him but he is a coward.