ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who says, “all that live must die.”?
A
Queen Gertrude
B
King Claudius
C
Polonius
D
Hamlet
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Queen Gertrude Quotes in Hamlet. “Thou know’st ‘tis common; all that lives must die/Passing through nature to eternity” (1.2.

Detailed explanation-2: -She dies with cries of ‘the drink! the drink! I am poisoned’ (5.2. 264), and in so doing identifies Claudius as her killer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Seek for thy noble father in the dust. Thou knowst ‘tis common: all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Modern translation. Gertrude: One sadness comes after another, So fast it follows: your sister’s drowned, Laertes.

Detailed explanation-5: -She says, “The Queene carowses to thy fortune Hamlet."

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