FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to retrieve Laertes from France
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to discover the cause of Hamlet’s odd behavior
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to spy on Prince Fortinbras
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to find out if Ophelia plans to marry Hamlet
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Detailed explanation-1: -Claudius and Gertrude set Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two boyhood friends of Hamlet, to spy on him.
Detailed explanation-2: -What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern think is the explanation to Hamlet’s odd behaviour? Personal ambition. What orders does the King give to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Detailed explanation-3: -Claudius says that Hamlet’s strange behavior has clearly not been caused by love for Ophelia and that his speech does not seem like the speech of insanity. He says that he fears that melancholy sits on something dangerous in Hamlet’s soul like a bird sits on her egg, and that he fears what will happen when it hatches.
Detailed explanation-4: -What have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern found that made Hamlet happy? They noticed that Hamlet was enthusiastic about the players. When Claudius and Gertrude learn about Hamlet’s enthusiasm for the players, what do they decide? They decide that they will see a performance put on by the players that evening.