FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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False
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True
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -She was married to the murdered King Hamlet (represented by the Ghost in the play) and has subsequently wed Claudius, his brother. Her close relationships to the central male characters mean that she is a key figure within the narrative.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gertrude marries Claudius two months after the death of her husband. Hamlet believes that is too short for mourning and his famous charge forms in this context: “Frailty, thy name is woman.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Gertrude’s marriage to Claudius took away Hamlet’s chance to rule Denmark, but only temporarily. Claudius says to Hamlet when he tries to console him, “You are the most immediate to our throne” (1.2. 313).
Detailed explanation-4: -In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the general scholarly consensus is no, the Queen does not know that Claudius killed Hamlet’s father until Hamlet tells her.
Detailed explanation-5: -Claudius is Gertrude’s brother-in-law in the play. After he kills his brother for the crown, he lies to Gertrude and marries her.