ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
There is a play performed for everyone at the castle. What is the name of the play?
A
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy
B
The Murder of Gonzago
C
The Courtier’s Tragedy
D
The Best king ever
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The play The Murder of Gonzago (aka The Mousetrap) is significant because it proves Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, murdered Hamlet’s father.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet called his play ‘’The Mousetrap, ” and recruited a troupe of actors to play a dramatization of the story of the king’s murder told to him by the Ghost in Act I. The entire span of the plot plays out first in silence, called a dumb-show, so Hamlet could watch his uncle’s reaction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Act III Scene 2 The Murder of Gonzago Hamlet: Advanced.

Detailed explanation-4: -The players present “The Murder of Gonzago, ” a play very similar to the events that have transpired in Denmark.

Detailed explanation-5: -“The Murder of Gonzago, ” is two interlocking plays, one designed as a regular stage show, the other as street theater, to be staged in a lobby, a garden, a street. Each play tells a complete story, but taken together, they reveal all the secrets of what is truly going on.

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