ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
By the end of Act II, Hamlet plans to:
A
use Horatio as bait to catch the King doing something illegal
B
use the actors to set up the King
C
kill Ophelia and Polonius
D
speak to his mother about her embarrassing behavior
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He resolves to devise a trap for Claudius, forcing the king to watch a play whose plot closely resembles the murder of Hamlet’s father; if the king is guilty, he thinks, he will surely show some visible sign of guilt when he sees his sin reenacted on stage.

Detailed explanation-2: -He tells them not to overact, and not to use large gestures. He wishes them to be honest; he asks them to mirror nature, to be entirely realistic in their portrayals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet is told by Horatio about the ghost, and the ghost tells about his murder to Hamlet in the end of the first act. In the final act, Hamlet begs Horatio not to kill himself and instead to live and tell Hamlet’s story.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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