FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Hamlet confronts his mother and then kills Polonius.
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Hamlet tries to kill his mother and Polonius dies defending her.
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Hamlet finds Polonius behind the curtain and kills him.
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Hamlet kills the king first and then Polonius
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which sentence best explains the sequence of events in Scene 4? Hamlet finds Polonius behind the curtain and kills him.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Act IV, what sequence of events is triggered by killing Polonius? Hamlet is sent away, Laertes comes back to take over the throne and seek revenge, Ophelia goes mad and drowns, Laertes and the King plot Hamlet’s death.
Detailed explanation-3: -The prince angrily confronts his mother, and, hearing Polonius’s calls for help, mistakes him for Claudius and stabs him through the curtain.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet enters challenging, “Now, Mother, what’s the matter?” Gertrude tells him he has badly offended his father, meaning Claudius; Hamlet answers that she has badly offended his father, meaning King Hamlet. Hamlet intimidates Gertrude, and she cries out that he is trying to murder her.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet’s entrance so alarms Gertrude that she cries out for help. Polonius echoes her cry, and Hamlet, thinking Polonius to be Claudius, stabs him to death. Hamlet then verbally attacks his mother for marrying Claudius.