ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ophelia is ____
A
Hamlet’s mom
B
Hamlet’s girlfriend
C
Hamlet’s aunt who married his father
D
Hamlet’s cousin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -She is the daughter of Polonius, the sister of Laertes, and up until the beginning of the play’s events, she has also been romantically involved with Hamlet. Ophelia’s relationships with these men restrict her agency and eventually lead to her death.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet tells his girlfriend Ophelia that he never loved her and then asks Gertrude how she can be happy when her husband has only just died. The actors perform the story of the murder of a sleeping king and Claudius storms out.

Detailed explanation-3: -Perhaps the most famous scene concerning Ophelia in the original play is when Hamlet angrily tells her, “Get thee to a nunnery!” In the film, the pair are genuinely in love and marry in secret.

Detailed explanation-4: -King Hamlet’s wife and widow is Gertrude. Prince Hamlet does not have a wife. At Ophelia’s funeral, Gertrude says she hoped Ophelia would have been Hamlet’s wife.

Detailed explanation-5: -Parts of what is said to the queen by a gentleman may also imply that there is talk of Ophelia being pregnant with Hamlet’s child. Especially if she is singing in public the things she later sings in that scene.

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