FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Claudius stabbed King Hamlet.
|
|
|
Claudius put glass in King Hamlet’s food.
|
|
|
Claudius poured poison in King Hamlet’sear.
|
|
|
Claudius wounded King Hamlet in a fistfightand then pushed him off a boat into theocean, where he drowned.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Remember that Claudius killed King Hamlet by pouring poison into his ear. Shakespeare continually illustrates that words can function as poison in the ear as well.
Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius convinces Laertes to put poison on the tip of his sword to cut Hamlet in the duel. To ensure Hamlet’s death, Claudius also has a poisoned cup of wine should Hamlet win the duel. Claudius does not intervene when Gertrude drinks the poisoned cup of wine because he does not want to give himself away.
Detailed explanation-3: -To be, or not to be: that is the question! In this play, Prince Hamlet, son of King Hamlet of Denmark, is summoned by his father’s ghost to avenge his death at the hands of Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius. Claudius murdered his brother to marry his brother’s widow and seize the throne.
Detailed explanation-4: -Act 4, scene 7 Claudius gets a letter from Hamlet announcing the prince’s return. 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. If he fails, Claudius will give Hamlet a poisoned cup of wine.
Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare’s usage Hebenon is the agent of death in Hamlet’s father’s murder; it sets in motion the events of the play. It is spelled hebona in the Quartos and hebenon in the Folios. This is the only mention of hebona or hebenon in any of Shakespeare’s plays. All my smooth body.