ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hamlet’s stepfather feels ____ about the play Hamlet puts on.
A
Irate, furious and very angry
B
Melancholy, saddened, and quiet
C
Ambivalent, filled with ennui, and bored
D
Jovial, filled with mirth, thinking it’s very funny
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet believes very strongly in the power of theatre to touch people’s innermost feelings. Nevertheless, Hamlet’s decision to stage a play is a strange one.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Polonius believes that Hamlet has fallen into madness because of unrequited love. In Act I, Polonius advised Ophelia to reject Hamlet’s romantic advances, warning her that as the prince, Hamlet does not have the freedom to choose his own wife.

Detailed explanation-3: -He indicates that his fit of madness effectively separated himself from himself, and he underscores this sense of distance from himself by speaking in the third person. Having been separated from himself, Hamlet argues that he cannot be held responsible for any act that his madness, in fact, committed.

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