ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who admits “My lord, we were sent for”?
A
Laertes
B
Ophelia
C
Cornelius
D
Rosencrantz
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -POLONIUS You go to seek the Lord Hamlet. There he is. ROSENCRANTZ, to Polonius God save you, sir.

Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius and Gertrude set Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two boyhood friends of Hamlet, to spy on him.

Detailed explanation-3: -They grouse at his choice of words, but he tells them, “Denmark’s a prison.” Rosencrantz wittily replies, “Then is the world one.” Hamlet breaks through his friends’ resistance, and the two finally admit that the King and Queen sent them to observe Hamlet and provide them with details of his behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -31. Why have the king and queen supposedly sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? They have supposedly been sent for to cheer Hamlet up. Claudius also wants them to discover the cause of Hamlet’s madness.

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