ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is killed in Act 3?
A
Rosencrantz
B
Laertes
C
Fortinbras
D
Polonius
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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet intimidates Gertrude, and she cries out that he is trying to murder her. Polonius reacts from behind the curtain and yells for help. Hamlet draws his sword and thrusts it through the tapestry, killing Polonius.

Detailed explanation-3: -Polonius dies in Act 3 of Hamlet. While confronting his mother, Hamlet mistakes Polonius for Claudius and stabs him through a curtain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet lifts the arras and discovers Polonius’s body: he has not killed the king and achieved his revenge but has murdered the relatively innocent Polonius.

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