ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does Hamlet decide to do after he hears Horatio’s news?
A
Hamlet decides to go to confession and communion.
B
He decides to have the doctor examine his mother.
C
Hamlet decides to go on watch with the guards at midnight to verify Horatio’s news.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His father died, and his uncle married his mother less than two months after his father’s death. Q. What does Hamlet decide to do after he hears Horatio’s news? Hamlet decides to go to confession and communion.

Detailed explanation-2: -What news does Horatio bring Hamlet? He tells him that he has seen his father’s ghost. What does Hamlet decide to do after he hears Horatio’s news? He decides he wants to see the ghost, so he goes outside.

Detailed explanation-3: -He immediately resolves to send Hamlet away. Hamlet is summoned by his distressed mother, Gertrude, and on the way, he happens upon Claudius kneeling and attempting to pray. Hamlet reasons that to kill the King now would only send his soul to heaven rather than hell. Hamlet decides to spare his life for the time being.

Detailed explanation-4: -how does Hamlet react to Horatio’s news about the ghost? Hamlet is quite exited, and then became very intrigued and asked Horatio a bunch of questions about the ghost as he believes it could be his father.

Detailed explanation-5: -He asks Horatio to observe Claudius’s looks during the scene in which the murderer pours poison into the king’s ear so that afterwards they can compare notes and judge the truth of the Ghost’s story.

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