ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which imports at full, by letters conjuring to that effect, the present death of Hamlet. Do it, England
A
Claudius
B
Hamlet
C
Gertrude
D
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the content of the letters that the King sends with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England with Hamlet? The king wants Hamlet to be killed as soon as he reaches England.

Detailed explanation-2: -He sealed the letters with his father’s State Seal, which he carried in his purse. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do not know that Hamlet has replaced the letters, and thus, according to Hamlet, their demise will be due to their own actions in delivering the letters to the English king.

Detailed explanation-3: -Farewell, dear mother. Thy loving father, Hamlet. and wife is one flesh; and so, my mother. Come, for England!

Detailed explanation-4: -It is also revealing that one of Claudius’s considerations in seeking to have Hamlet murdered in far-off England, rather than merely executing him in Denmark, is that he is beloved by the common people of Denmark-“loved of the distracted multitude, ” as Claudius says (IV. iii. 4).

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