ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ghost is first spotted ____
A
in Gertrude’s chambers
B
outside the castle
C
on the deck of the ship
D
in the graveyard
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Hamlet. The Ghost appears 4 times throughout the play: in Act I, Scene i; in the continuum of Act I, Scenes iv and v; and in Act III, Scene iv. The Ghost arrives shortly after midnight in at least two of the scenes, and in the other scenes, all that is known is that it is night.

Detailed explanation-2: -In this scene, Prince Hamlet encounters a ghost that claims to be his deceased father, King Hamlet. The ghost tells Hamlet that his brother, the new King Claudius, murdered him and married his wife, Gertrude.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which characters first see the ghost? What do they think the sighting means? Fransisco, Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio. They think he is there to tell them the outcome of the war.

Detailed explanation-4: -Even in his first encounter with the ghost, Hamlet questions the appearances of things around him and worries whether he can trust his perceptions, doubting the authenticity of his father’s ghost and its tragic claim.

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