ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -During the match, Claudius conspires with Laertes to kill Hamlet. They plan that Hamlet will die either on a poisoned rapier or with poisoned wine. The plans go awry when Gertrude unwittingly drinks from the poisoned cup and dies. Then both Laertes and Hamlet are wounded by the poisoned blade, and Laertes dies.

Detailed explanation-2: -The queen moans that the cup must have been poisoned, calls out to Hamlet, and dies. Laertes tells Hamlet that he, too, has been slain, by his own poisoned sword, and that the king is to blame both for the poison on the sword and for the poison in the cup.

Detailed explanation-3: -Claudius has not only told Laertes that it was Hamlet that killed Polonius, but he’s also led him to believe that Hamlet was plotting against Claudius for no good reason. Laertes wonders why Claudius didn’t have Hamlet killed, or at the very least locked up for his crimes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet first cuts Claudius with his rapier, then forces him to drink from the poisoned cup. Each of Claudius’ “deaths” represents different things to Hamlet. One death represents the death of King Hamlet, and the other represents the death of Hamlet’s id. As soon as Gertrude dies, Hamlet is able to kill Claudius.

Detailed explanation-5: -During their argument Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius, Ophelia’s father. Hamlet will not tell anyone where Polonius’ body is. Claudius sends him to England but he doesn’t arrive. Ophelia’s brother, Laertes, comes home and finds Ophelia has gone mad with grief.