ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who does Hamlet kill in Gertrude’s chamber?
A
Gertrude
B
Ophelia
C
Polonius
D
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Act 3, scene 4 In Gertrude’s room, Polonius hides behind a tapestry. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The queen attempts to speak with her son, but is frightened by his wild behavior and calls out for help. Polonius hides behind Gertrude’s curtain to eavesdrop, but calls out in fear after Gertrude does so. Hamlet hears him and stabs him through the curtain, killing him.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 Answer. Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius because he thought that he was Claudius, listening in on he and his mother’s private conversation behind the curtain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet, realizing that someone is behind the arras and suspecting that it might be Claudius, cries, “How now! a rat?” (III. iv. 22). He draws his sword and stabs it through the tapestry, killing the unseen Polonius.

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