ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The first letter tells Horatio that pirates beset the ship on which Hamlet was being carried to England. In the ensuing battle, the pirates took Hamlet captive; they treated him well and brought him back to Denmark.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet asks Horatio to join him. The ship carrying Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England has been attacked by a pirate vessel. In hand-to-hand fighting, Hamlet boarded the pirate boat, which then broke free, leaving Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to continue on their voyage to England without their prisoner.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet chooses to board the pirate’s ship and also chooses to have them bring him back to Denmark.

Detailed explanation-4: -This is because they wanted him to do them a favor. Hamlet does not reveal in his letter what this favor is. He is clearly relieved that his run-in with the pirates saved him from being killed upon his arrival in England, which was Claudius’s plan for him.

Detailed explanation-5: -Summary: Act IV, scene iv On his way, the captain encounters Hamlet, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern on their way to the ship bound for England.