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 to decide whether the ghost is telling the truth or not?
A
Hamlet plans to have the actors enact a play where a similar murder occurs, and Hamlet will watch his uncle’s reaction to the murder to see if he looks guilty.
B
Hamlet plans to use Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on his mother and uncle in hopes of catching them talking about the murder.
C
Hamlet plans to convince his mother to get his uncle to confess to the murder.
D
Hamlet plans to make the ghost prove it was his uncle who murdered him by showing Hamlet where to find hard evidence.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet plans to have the actors enact a play where a similar murder occurs, and Hamlet will watch his uncle’s reaction to the murder to see if he looks guilty. Hamlet plans to use Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on his mother and uncle in hopes of catching them talking about the murder.

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 Summary. The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet’s uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet.

Detailed explanation-4: - Hamlet ultimately decides to seek revenge and kill Claudius: “So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word” (line 117). This decision introduces the central idea of revenge as Hamlet seeks what the Ghost advises: “to revenge his [father’s] foul and most unnatural murder” (line 31).

Detailed explanation-5: -The ghost tells Hamlet that he is, in fact, the ghost of his dead father. And there’s more: the ghost claims that Claudius killed him, taking his throne and his wife in the process. He wants Hamlet to kill Claudius in revenge. Shocked, Hamlet agrees and vows to avenge his father’s death.

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