ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does the Queen believe to be the reason for Hamlet’s odd behavior?
A
Her marriage and his father’s death
B
Claudius moved in too soon
C
Ophelia denied his love
D
Horatio has been away at school
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What two reasons does Gertrude give for Hamlet’s strange behavior? His father’s death and her quick marriage to Claudius.

Detailed explanation-2: -At one scene, the players are putting on the Mousetrap play, and the player queen is exaggeratedly saying that if her husband should die, she would never, ever marry another. Hamlet asks his mother what she thinks about the play.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.

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