FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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It is Claudius’s favorite play
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It brings Hamlet closure on his father’s death
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It features a scene in which a character is murdered in a way very similar to how the late King Hamlet was murdered
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Hamlet is given the role of Gonzago
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Detailed explanation-1: -The play The Murder of Gonzago (aka The Mousetrap) is significant because it proves Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, murdered Hamlet’s father.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The “play within a play” scene (Act 3 Scene 2) is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT in advancing the plot of Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are three characters; the King, Gonzago; the Queen, Baptista; and the villain, whom Shakespeare called Lucianus but whom I have Italianised as Luciano. The murder of Gonzago is in ten short movements.