FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Francisco
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Marcelleus
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Francisco Danish soldier on guard at the castle of Elsinore.
Detailed explanation-2: -Marcellus is a guard at Elsinore, Barnardo’s companion on the midnight round.
Detailed explanation-3: -Marcellus, Bernardo (or Barnardo) and Francisco are sentries at Elsinore. Francisco gives up his watch to Bernardo in the opening of the play, and it is Bernardo and Marcellus, who first alert Horatio to the appearance of King Hamlet’s Ghost.
Detailed explanation-4: -The scene opens with the changing of the guard outside Elsinore, the royal residence and court of the King of Denmark. Francisco is on guard, but is very happy to relieved by Bernardo and Marcellus. All three guards discuss the ghost that they have seen on previous nights.
Detailed explanation-5: -“Elsinore” is the English spelling of Helsingør, a town on the eastern coast of Denmark. In Shakespeare’s lifetime, Helsingør was an important military location, the stronghold from which the King of Denmark controlled a narrow stretch of sea.