ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -They plan that Hamlet will die either on a poisoned rapier or with poisoned wine. The plans go awry when Gertrude unwittingly drinks from the poisoned cup and dies. Then both Laertes and Hamlet are wounded by the poisoned blade, and Laertes dies. Hamlet, in his death throes, kills Claudius .

Detailed explanation-2: -Laertes also proposes to poison his sword, so that even a scratch from it will kill Hamlet. The king concocts a backup plan as well, proposing that if Hamlet succeeds in the duel, Claudius will offer him a poisoned cup of wine to drink from in celebration.

Detailed explanation-3: -The King of Denmark has died and his wife, Gertrude, has married his brother, Claudius. The king’s son Hamlet has come home to Elsinore for his father’s funeral.

Detailed explanation-4: -After sending some of his attendants to retrieve it, Claudius tells Hamlet that he’s being sent to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Once Hamlet leaves, Claudius reveals his true plan: as soon as Hamlet arrives in England, he’ll be put to death by the English court.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rosencrantz informs Hamlet of the players arrival. What advantage does Hamlet hope to gain from the players? Hamlet is going to have the players perform a play similar to the murder of the king and is planning on adding his own specific lines to hopefully get a reaction out of Claudius to prove that he is the murderer.