FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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He dies from the poisoned sword. “The rest is silence”.
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He dies from the poisoned cup. “The rest is silence".
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet dies when he is struck by Laertes with the poisoned sword. Before he dies, he kills Claudius, forgives Laertes and in Act 5, Scene 2, implores Horatio ‘’ To tell my story” and that Fortinbras ‘’ has my dying voice”. Hamlet’s final words are ‘’ The rest is silence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet tells Horatio again that he is dying, and urges his friend not to commit suicide in light of all the tragedies, but instead to stay alive and tell his story. He says that he wishes Fortinbras to be made King of Denmark; then he dies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why does Hamlet kill himself? Hamlet is overcome by guilt for Polonius’s and Ophelia’s deaths, and distraught over his own indecision throughout the play (whether to kill his uncle, for which he will hate himself, or to commit suicide because he cannot live with himself if he does not avenge his father).
Detailed explanation-4: -Claudius convinces Laertes to put poison on the tip of his sword to cut Hamlet in the duel. To ensure Hamlet’s death, Claudius also has a poisoned cup of wine should Hamlet win the duel. Claudius does not intervene when Gertrude drinks the poisoned cup of wine because he does not want to give himself away.
Detailed explanation-5: -As they fight, Gertrude drinks the poisoned wine that Claudius had intended for Hamlet and dies. Laertes manages to wound Hamlet slightly with the poisoned tip of his sword. In the heat of the fight, the swords are switched. Laertes is in turn wounded by Hamlet, using the poisoned weapon, and dies.