ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does Hamlet want the players to do?
A
Leave the Danish court
B
Put on a play for the king and queen
C
Only perform comedies
D
Not have any women in the audience
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The players will perform the play with an enhanced scene, which will enact the murder the Ghost has described. Hamlet hopes that seeing his crime reenacted in front of the assembled audience will make Claudius act guilty and reveal that he murdered King Hamlet.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -This play-within-a-play not only helps Hamlet to judge Claudius’s guilt, but also acts as a spur for his own revenge: it shows him the murder that was done to his father and the murder that could be done to his uncle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Q: What is the reason for Hamlet giving instructions to the players? The reason Hamlet gives instructions to the players is that he wants them to enact a scene similar to how he thinks his father was killed. He wants to see how Claudius reacts to the scene.

Detailed explanation-5: -What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the “play?” To observe and analyze the king and tell him after the play what he thought about it.

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