ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In what act does the climax appear?
A
Act 1
B
Act 2
C
Act 3
D
Act 4
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Act 3 is usually called the resolution, and the basic components in the third act are: Climax-Everything in the story leads up to this point where the hero/heroine meet the antagonist in a confrontation. This is the point of the story where the plot reaches its highest tension.

Detailed explanation-2: -In simple terms, Act 3 is the end of your story. It takes all the pieces you’ve been moving into place for the last hundred or so pages and puts them on a crash course towards one another. This culminates in the final confrontation between your protagonist and antagonist.

Detailed explanation-3: -The third act features the resolution of the story and its subplots. The climax is the scene or sequence in which the main tensions of the story are brought to their most intense point and the dramatic question answered, leaving the protagonist and other characters with a new sense of who they really are.

Detailed explanation-4: -The climax is usually the most important event in Act II, so it is often where time should be spent on developing a strong plot point or conflict. Whether you’re writing a screenplay, novel, or short story, the second act is about rising action.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Hamlet, the climax occurs in Act III, Scene iv, as Hamlet kills Polonius, believing he has murdered Claudius in the midst of a sin. Throughout the play, Hamlet’s conflict has been whether to act on his father’s ghost’s request for revenge.

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