ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What final plan does Polonius devise in order to reveal the source of Hamlet’s strange behaviour?
A
He asks Claudius to send him to talk to Gertrude in her chamber
B
He asks Claudius to send Laertes to Norway
C
He asks Claudius to inviteHamlet to his chamber to kill him
D
He asks Claudius to send Hamlet to Gertrude’s chamber so he can spy behind a curtain
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Polonius then tells Gertrude and Claudius that he thinks Hamlet’s behavior is due to his feelings for Ophelia . They hatch a plan to figure out what’s really going on: Polonius will send Ophelia to talk to the mad Hamlet and prove once and for all that he’s crazy with love. Hamlet then enters, mad as ever.

Detailed explanation-2: -What final plan does Polonius devise in order to reveal the source of Hamlet’s strange behaviour? To have Gertrude talk to him bluntly, and if that doesn’t work they will send him to England.

Detailed explanation-3: -Polonius’ plan to spy on Hamlet, to trap him, as it were, by exposing a private letter the old man has impounded from his daughter, does not please Gertrude. Her son’s welfare concerns her far more than affairs of state.

Detailed explanation-4: -Polonius believes that Hamlet’s odd behaviour is because Ophelia has rejected him. Polonius decides to tell King Claudius the reason for Hamlet’s recently odd behaviour. This scene occurs several weeks after the action of Act I.

Detailed explanation-5: -What does Polonius think is the cause of Hamlet’s madness? He thinks that Hamlet is upset about Ophelia rejecting him because he is so in love with her.

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