FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Give him another ship.
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Kill Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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Forgive him.
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Send him a letter.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He reveals that he switched the letter that Claudius sent demanding that Hamlet be killed with one that Hamlet wrote, asking that the bearers of the letter, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, be killed instead.
Detailed explanation-2: -He composed a second set of letters in the flowery style of the original ordering that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern be killed. He sealed the letters with his father’s State Seal, which he carried in his purse.
Detailed explanation-3: -Claudius finally perceives the depth of the danger Hamlet poses and entreats Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to hurry him to England to get him out of the way. Although unknown to everyone but the audience, Claudius now sees that he must instruct the king of England to kill Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-4: -Unable to repent, Claudius seeks to rid himself of Hamlet instead. In Act Four he sends Hamlet to England with a sealed letter instructing the English king to execute the bearer.
Detailed explanation-5: -He tells Horatio that he has no sympathy for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who betrayed him and catered to Claudius, but that he feels sorry for having behaved with such hostility toward Laertes.