ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If we know the play Hamlet is a tragedy, then most likely at the end of the story ____
A
there will be a marriage
B
there will be deaths
C
there will be singing and dancing
D
the end of the world will happen
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet finally realizes that his duty to revenge is so great that the end must justify the means. He can no longer escape the necessity for action.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the last section, Hamlet concludes that he unsure to kill himself and risk not knowing the mystery that death would be better than life. The diction and imagery show that he fears death because it is a concept which he does not fully understand.

Detailed explanation-3: -His tragic flaw is ‘procrastination’. His continuous awareness and doubt delays him in performing the needed. Hamlet finally kills Claudius but only after realizing that he is poisoned. His procrastination, his tragic flaw, leads him to his doom along with that of the other characters he targets.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet’s opponent and Hamlet himself are all killed.

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