FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They were schoolmates in childhood.
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They are all cousins.
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They served in the military together.
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Then went to college in Wittenberg together.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two school friends of Hamlet who pay a visit to Hamlet after his father has been murdered. At first, Hamlet is overjoyed to see them, but soon he becomes suspicious of their motives when he learns that his uncle has sent for them and asks them to spy on Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-2: -They met as students in Wittenberg. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are childhood friends of Hamlet. Claudius employs them to spy on Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-3: -King Claudius has summoned Hamlet’s two school chums to Elsinore to have them spy on the Prince and report back to Claudius, recounting Hamlet’s every move. The Queen promises them handsome compensation for their spying and assures them that Hamlet’s own good requires the service. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern agree.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.