ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All of the following are characters we have read about in Hamlet Act 1 scene 1 so far EXCEPT:
A
Ghost
B
Hamlet
C
Barnardo
D
Horatio
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The play’s main characters are Prince Hamlet, his father Claudius, his mother Gertrude, Polonius and his children Laertes and Ophelia, and Hamlet’s best friend Horatio. Act 1, Scene 1 focuses on Horatio and some of his comrades as they try to catch glimpse of a ghost walking the castle grounds.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet is melancholy, bitter, and cynical, full of hatred for his uncle’s scheming and disgust for his mother’s sexuality. A reflective and thoughtful young man who has studied at the University of Wittenberg, Hamlet is often indecisive and hesitant, but at other times prone to rash and impulsive acts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Act 1 scene 1 Horatio comes to investigate and Marcellus informs the other guards that Horatio has said ‘’tis but our fantasy, / And will not let belief take hold of him’. Suddenly, the apparition appears looking exactly like Old Hamlet, the dead King of Denmark. The ghost of the king is dressed in his battle armour.

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