ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Scene 2, what does Rosencrantz ask Hamlet?
A
If Hamlet will take revenge against Claudius
B
Where he hid the body of Polonius
C
If Hamlet still has feelings for Ophelia
D
Why Hamlet would threaten his mother
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet has just hidden Polonius’s body when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern arrive to handle the situation. When they ask Hamlet where he has stashed the body, Hamlet refuses to reveal the location, telling the pair that all their favors for the king will bring them nothing in the end.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern enter the scene, having been sent by Claudius in the previous scene to find Hamlet and bring the body of Polonius to the chapel in the castle. They ask Hamlet to tell them where he has hidden the body but he refuses, giving them rude and cryptic, or mysterious and puzzling answers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet refuses to tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern where Polonius’ dead body is hidden. He calls Rosencrantz and Guildenstern lapdogs, revealing his true awareness that they are not his friends. Hamlet agrees to see King Claudius.

Detailed explanation-4: -Finally, Hamlet reveals that Polonius’s body is under the stairs near the castle lobby, and the king dispatches his attendants to look there.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern appear and ask what he has done with the body. Hamlet refuses to give them a straight answer, instead saying, “The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body” (IV.

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