ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What action makes it clear to Hamlet that R & G have betrayed him?
A
Hamlet catches them reading his journal
B
R & G side with Claudius
C
The ghost informs Hamlet of it
D
R & G, consumed by guilt, confess to Hamlet
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betray Hamlet by working as spies for Hamlet’s uncle and the new king to the throne, Claudius.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern agree to spy on their friend, Hamlet. Yes, they are betraying their friend, Hamlet. What is the bedridden King of Norway’s response to Claudius’s request?

Detailed explanation-3: -Gertrude betrays Hamlet and the late King Hamlet by marrying Claudius. Hamlet, being still depressed about his father’s death was further upset and felt betrayed by his mother when she quickly married Claudius. By marrying her former husband’s brother, she also betrayed the late King Hamlet.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the final scene, the violence, so long delayed, erupts with dizzying speed. Characters drop one after the other, poisoned, stabbed, and, in the case of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, executed, as the theme of revenge and justice reaches its conclusion in the moment when Hamlet finally kills Claudius.

Detailed explanation-5: -Synopsis: Claudius and Gertrude set Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two boyhood friends of Hamlet, to spy on him. When Hamlet himself enters, he is confronted first by Polonius and then by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, whom he quickly identifies as Claudius’s spies.

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