ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is Hamlet’s plan at the end of Act II?
A
To go back to college
B
To kill Claudius
C
To figure out who is spying on him
D
To create a play that matches his father’s murder
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He resolves to devise a trap for Claudius, forcing the king to watch a play whose plot closely resembles the murder of Hamlet’s father; if the king is guilty, he thinks, he will surely show some visible sign of guilt when he sees his sin reenacted on stage.

Detailed explanation-2: -He then hatches a plan: he’ll have the actors stage a play with a plot similar to the king’s murder. He’ll watch Claudius’s reaction to see if he seems guilty. Then Hamlet will know he can act.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet is told by Horatio about the ghost, and the ghost tells about his murder to Hamlet in the end of the first act. In the final act, Hamlet begs Horatio not to kill himself and instead to live and tell Hamlet’s story.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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