ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following does NOT happen in Act 4?
A
Hamlet negotiates a peace treaty with Fortinbras’s army.
B
Laertes comes back from France
C
Ophelia talks to Gertrude and Claudius about flowers
D
Hamlet gets kidnapped
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Alone, Claudius reveals that he is sending Hamlet to his death. Act 4, scene 4 Fortinbras and his army cross Hamlet’s path on their way to Poland. Hamlet finds in Fortinbras’s vigorous activity a model for himself in avenging his father’s murder; Hamlet resolves upon bloody action.

Detailed explanation-2: -Act IV, scene iv restores the focus of the play to the theme of human action. Hamlet’s encounter with the Norwegian captain serves to remind the reader of Fortinbras’s presence in the world of the play and gives Hamlet another example of the will to action that he lacks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fortinbras, the prince of Norway, is on his way to wage war on Poland. (His men and Hamlet cross paths, and Hamlet learns of Fortinbras’s plans. Hamlet is impressed. He admires Fortinbras’s commitment and courage, and decides to follow his example.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet. Hamlet will not tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern where Polonius’ body is but eventually tells Claudius, in a riddle, where the body can be found. The mad Ophelia comes singing to Gertrude and Claudius. Laertes and Claudius. Hamlet and the pirates. Ophelia in her madness, shortly before her death.

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