ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the setting (time & place) of Act I, Scene 4?
A
a cold night atop Elsinore castle on its ramparts
B
a cold night inside the castle during King Claudius’s party
C
a cold morning before Laertes returns to study in France
D
a cold morning before Prince Hamlet returns to study in Germany
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the scene, Hamlet, his friend, Horatio, and the sentinel, Marcellus, are on the battlement of a castle at midnight, which is a time of supernatural events.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary: Act I, scene iv Hamlet keeps watch outside the castle with Horatio and Marcellus, waiting in the cold for the ghost to appear. Shortly after midnight, trumpets and gunfire sound from the castle, and Hamlet explains that the new king is spending the night carousing, as is the Danish custom.

Detailed explanation-3: -Summary: Act I, scene i On a dark winter night outside Elsinore Castle in Denmark, an officer named Bernardo comes to relieve the watchman Francisco.

Detailed explanation-4: -The play opens on the ramparts of Elsinore Castle in Denmark during a changing of the guard. The old king, Hamlet’s father, has died.

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