ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Use the event in this story to judge Hamlet’s feelings about plays and actors.
A
Hamlet does not like plays and actors.
B
Hamlet enjoys plays and knows a lot about them.
C
Hamlet never saw a play before.
D
Hamlet wants to be an actor in a play.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet meets with the actors and instructs them as to the nature of proper acting. He tells them not to overact, and not to use large gestures. He wishes them to be honest; he asks them to mirror nature, to be entirely realistic in their portrayals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet decides to tell the actors to perform the story of his father’s killing, so that. the ghost will not be upset. Hamlet will remember what happened. Hamlet can watch how King Claudius acts when he sees it performed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The play-within-a-play in Hamlet is called both The Murder of Gonzago and The Mousetrap. (Specifically, in Act 3, Scene 2, when Claudius asks, “What do you call the play?” Hamlet responds, “The Mousetrap.")

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the scene performed by the actors all about?-Player King dying because his nephew poisoned his ears.

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