ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where is Hamlet in school?
A
France
B
Wittenburg
C
Fortinbras
D
Elsinore
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Set in 1517 at Hamlet’s alma mater, Wittenberg University in Germany, the script takes a plethora of teasing, erudite liberties with fact and fiction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Hamlet is a student at Wittenberg University, located in Wittenberg, Germany. During that time, nobles and royalty would often receive education abroad in order to expand their knowledge of the world in preparation for ruling.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prince Hamlet is said to have studied in Wittenberg and it was the supposed home of Dr. Faustus. Wittenberg is seat of the Leucorea which is part of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, the largest university in Saxony-Anhalt.

Detailed explanation-4: -232 THE WESTERN HUMANITIES REVIEW by suggesting that Hamlet may have gone to some earlier Catholic school at Wittenberg to study philosophy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Horatio’s Skepticism When we first see Horatio, he’s been called to the castle by the guards because he’s a “scholar” (he goes to school in Wittenberg with Hamlet).

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