ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which scene of Act 3 does the climax of the play occur? (Think about the highest action, what the story has been leading to since Hamlet was told the truth.)
A
Scene 3-Claudius prays
B
Scene 1-before the play begins
C
Scene 2-the viewing of the play
D
Scene 4-Hamlet talks with his mother
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Climax When Hamlet stabs Polonius through the arras in Act III, scene iv, he commits himself to overtly violent action and brings himself into unavoidable conflict with the king. Another possible climax comes at the end of Act IV, scene iv, when Hamlet resolves to commit himself fully to violent revenge.

Detailed explanation-3: -Synopsis: Claudius orders Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet to England. Polonius tells Claudius of his plans to spy on Hamlet’s conversation with Gertrude. Left alone, Claudius reveals his remorse for killing his brother, and he tries to pray.

Detailed explanation-4: -Act 3 Scene 2 of Hamlet is primarily about the play that Hamlet commissions to prove Claudius guilty. He has actors act out a scene that is a thinly veiled representation of the relationship between Gertrude, her late husband, Hamlet’s father, and Claudius.

Detailed explanation-5: -Summary: It’s the night of the performance of the play, and Hamlet tasks Horatio with gauging Claudius’s reaction to the murder scene. As the courtiers gather to watch, Hamlet acts mad once more, insulting Ophelia with all kinds of indecent taunts. When the play begins, Hamlet carefully observes Claudius.

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