FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Polonius
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Laertes
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Cornelius
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Claudius
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overview of main characters Gertrude is the Queen of Denmark, and King Hamlet’s widow, now married to Claudius, and mother to Hamlet. The Ghost appears in the image of Hamlet’s father, the late King Hamlet (Old Hamlet). Polonius ("Corambis” in “Q1") is Claudius’s chief counsellor, and the father of Ophelia and Laertes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gertrude and Claudius marry each other while Hamlet is still grieving the death of his father. Even though he does not know the new king is the murderer, Hamlet is explicitly against the marriage for some reason, and he keeps accusing his mother of lust until she regrets her decision.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. Hamlet continues to mourn for his father’s death and laments his mother’s lack of loyalty.
Detailed explanation-4: -Therefore, marrying Claudius was possibly the only way for Gertrude to keep the crown in the same family and give Hamlet a chance to be a king but also delay his ascension to the throne. This scheme works only with the assumption that Gertrude loves her son.