ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What plan do the King and Laertes discuss?
A
They will go to see him, disguised as beggars. Then they will rob him and kill him.
B
They plan to set up a duel between Laertes and Hamlet. Either Laertes will honorably kill Hamlet, or, if he survives, the King will poison him.
C
They plan to go to him and escort him back to Denmark. On the way, they will stage a shipwreck. They will leave Hamlet in the water to perish, and they will be rescued by another ship.
D
They plan to force Horatio to kill Hamlet. If he refuses they will kill all the members of his family.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A duel is arranged between Hamlet and Laertes. During the match, Claudius conspires with Laertes to kill Hamlet. They plan that Hamlet will die either on a poisoned rapier or with poisoned wine. The plans go awry when Gertrude unwittingly drinks from the poisoned cup and dies.

Detailed explanation-2: -What plan do the King and Laertes discuss to kill Hamlet? They will have a fencing duel and remove the tip cover and anoint it with poison so that they can scratch Hamlet and kill him; if it doesn’t work, they will offer him a drink laced with poison.

Detailed explanation-3: -Claudius and Laertes launch a poisonous plot. The king, furious that Hamlet is returning, convinces Laertes to duel Hamlet with a poisoned, sharpened sword. He also plans to offer Hamlet a poisoned drink if Laertes fails to kill him. Laertes agrees to Claudius’s plan, hoping to kill Hamlet in revenge.

Detailed explanation-4: -Laertes shares his own plan to dip his sword in a poison so lethal that a minor scratch will cause instant death. Claudius adds yet another safeguard: He will poison a goblet of wine for Hamlet to drink, so that even if Laertes fails to draw blood, Hamlet will die.

Detailed explanation-5: - Laertes will fence with Hamlet and wound him with a poisoned blade. If Laertes is unable to wound Hamlet, Claudius will offer him a cup of poisoned wine at a break during the fencing match. Laertes and Claudius say they are motivated by revenge because Hamlet killed Polonius.

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