ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who becomes king at the end of the story?
A
Horatio
B
Fortinbras
C
Hamlet
D
Claudius
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the end of the play, both Claudius and Hamlet die and Fortinbras enters to a scene of carnage and claims the throne.

Detailed explanation-2: -King Fortinbras was slain in the play’s antecedent action in a duel with King Hamlet. The duel between the two is described by Horatio in Act One, Scene One (I, i) of the play.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet dies as Fortinbras enters the room, leaving Horatio behind to tell the story of everything that had happened in the play. Fortinbras presumably becomes King of Denmark, since there isn’t really anybody to stop him from receiving the throne. Fortinbras (Rufus Sewell) crowned king.

Detailed explanation-4: -At that moment, the Ghost reappears, and the guards and Horatio decide to tell Hamlet. Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, married Hamlet’s recently-widowed mother, becoming the new King of Denmark.

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