FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Having Laertes challenge him with a poison-tipped sword.
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Poisoning him at a family dinner.
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Cutting off his food supply, when he’s been sent away.
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Hiring soldiers to chase him down and kill him while he’s on the run.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Laertes, the brother of Ophelia (Hamlet’s love interest), challenges Hamlet to a duel in order to avenge Polonius’ death. Claudius convinces Laertes to put poison on the tip of his sword to cut Hamlet in the duel. To ensure Hamlet’s death, Claudius also has a poisoned cup of wine should Hamlet win the duel.
Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius promises to arrange a fencing match between Laertes and Hamlet. Hamlet will use a fencing foil, but Laertes’ foil will have an unblunted point. Thus, Laertes can kill Hamlet in front of an audience, and it will appear to be an accident; no one will know it is murder.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Laertes agrees to kill Hamlet with a poisoned rapier in a fencing match. If he fails, Claudius will give Hamlet a poisoned cup of wine. Gertrude interrupts their plotting to announce that Ophelia has drowned.
Detailed explanation-5: -The effect of dramatic irony in this scene is that Laertes and Claudius have planned to kill Hamlet. They planned to use a poisoned sword to kill Hamlet, but in case that fails Claudius had a few other plans to kill Hamlet. Claudius had planned to kill Hamlet with a poisoned drink.