ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who said, “madness in great ones must not unwatched go?”
A
Claudius
B
Ophelia
C
Gertrude
D
Hamlet
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Claudius probably does not still believe Hamlet is mad, but since Polonius does, he uses this belief as an excuse to send Hamlet away. This is ironic because he could better “watch” Hamlet’s madness if he were still in Elsinore.

Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius says that Hamlet’s strange behavior has clearly not been caused by love for Ophelia and that his speech does not seem like the speech of insanity. He says that he fears that melancholy sits on something dangerous in Hamlet’s soul like a bird sits on her egg, and that he fears what will happen when it hatches.

Detailed explanation-3: -Laertes says he’ll do whatever Claudius asks, and will even kill Hamlet himself. Claudius agrees that Laertes should be the one to put an end to Hamlet’s life.

Detailed explanation-4: -I perchance hereafter shall think meet. To put an antic disposition on. I am but mad north-north-west. Hamlet directs these lines to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The body is with the King, but the King is not with the. Her speech is nothing, Young men will do’t if they come to’t, Was ‘t Hamlet wronged Laertes?

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