FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Laertes and Polonius
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Rosencrantz and Guidenstern
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Marcellus and Reynaldo
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern arrive to tell Hamlet that he is wanted in his mother’s chambers. Rosencrantz asks again about the cause of Hamlet’s “distemper, ” and Hamlet angrily accuses the pair of trying to play him as if he were a musical pipe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet finally reveals his full disdain for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, saying that he has neither love nor respect for them or their King, to whom he refers as a “thing.” Hamlet calls his classmates the worst kind of parasites.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this simile, Hamlet sarcastically tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern that playing a pipe is as easy as lying (which they have been doing to him). He means, ironically, that their lies sound as ridiculous as a person trying to play a musical instrument without knowing how.
Detailed explanation-4: -While talking to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet compares himself to a recorder.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet confronts Rosencrantz and Guildenstern After the players have performed ‘The Murder of Gonzago’ for the king and queen, Claudius storms off in fury. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been asked to tell Hamlet that the king isn’t happy and to bring him to his mother.