FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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The king of Troy is killed.
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The queen of Troy mourns her husband.
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The son of Achilles is portrayed as the villain.
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The speech refers to Mars and the Cyclops.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The significance of the speech which Hamlet requests from the actor is his way of letting Claudius know that he knows how his father truly died.
Detailed explanation-2: -Act 2, scene 2 This is an allusion to Jephthah, a judge in ancient Israel who, according to the Bible, agreed to sacrifice to God the first thing to come out of his door in exchange for winning a battle-which turned out to be his daughter.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both Hamlet and Claudius regard the story of Cain and Abel as an omen of uncontrollable destiny – a temptation that lives within the human condition.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet is alluding to a passage from the bible (Psalms chapter 14, verse 4): “Man is like a thing of nought: his time passeth away like a shadow.”