ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the final Scene 7, Claudius concocts the plan for killing Hamlet, planning to arrange a fencing match in which a supposedly blunt foil (thin metal sword) is really sharp! What is the back up plan in 2 parts?
A
#1 poison will be added to foil #2 cup of poisoned wine
B
#1 poison will be added to foil #2 gunpowder explosion
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After sending some of his attendants to retrieve it, Claudius tells Hamlet that he’s being sent to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Once Hamlet leaves, Claudius reveals his true plan: as soon as Hamlet arrives in England, he’ll be put to death by the English court.

Detailed explanation-2: -what final plans are arranged in scene 7? To have a dual with Laertes and Hamlet and have Laertes sword poisoned so he can kill Hamlet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Claudius enlists Laertes’s willing help in devising another plot against Hamlet’s life. Laertes agrees to kill Hamlet with a poisoned rapier in a fencing match.

Detailed explanation-4: -Laertes wants Hamlet dead to avenge Polonius’s death; Claudius wants Hamlet dead because he is afraid that Hamlet knows that Claudius killed his own brother, Hamlet’s father. Claudius uses Laertes’s grief to manipulate him into going along with Claudius’s plan to kill Hamlet.

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