FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Like the child actors who have profited from their newfound notoriety, Claudius’s stature has increased since his brother’s demise.
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Like the boy actors who are immature, Claudius behaves much the same.
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Much of Claudius’s comments strike Hamlet as a farce.
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None of the stated.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet compares Claudius to a company of boy actors who have chased the adult actors from the city. What does Claudius have in common with the boy actors? Like the child actors who have profited from their newfound notoriety, Claudius’s stature has increased since his brother’s demise.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does Claudius have in common with the boy actors? Claudius has in common with the boy actors that before no one had really cared for him, and now the people love him. They pay him as much respect as they did the previous King, before Claudius had driven him away.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet compares himself to the Player: while the Player weeps for a person he never knew, Hamlet has so far done nothing to avenge his own murdered father. This contrast creates a whole new layer of doubt for Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-4: -The travelling players arrive and Hamlet asks them to perform a moving speech from ‘Hecuba and Priam’. He then asks them to perform ‘The Murder of Gonzago’ for the king and his guests the following evening.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet meets with the actors and instructs them as to the nature of proper acting. 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.