FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Gertrude
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Claudius
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Hamlet
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Laertes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet hits Laertes with the poisoned sword. Gertrude swoons. Hamlet sees the Queen fall and anxiously asks, “How does the Queen?” The King assures him that she is faint because of the blood, but Gertrude cries out that the drink has poisoned her.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gertrude and genre She wilfully disobeys Claudius by drinking the poisoned wine. She dies with cries of ‘the drink! the drink! I am poisoned’ (5.2.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the moment, although Claudius says “Gertrude, do not drinke.” but she drinks with these words, “I will my Lord, I pray you pardon me”. However, unfortunately, the cup is poisoned.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Laurence Olivier’s film adaptation of Hamlet, Gertrude drinks knowingly, presumably to save her son from certain death. If she drinks on purpose, then she’s the self-sacrificing mother Hamlet has always wanted her to be.
Detailed explanation-5: -Claudius convinces Laertes to put poison on the tip of his sword to cut Hamlet in the duel. To ensure Hamlet’s death, Claudius also has a poisoned cup of wine should Hamlet win the duel. Claudius does not intervene when Gertrude drinks the poisoned cup of wine because he does not want to give himself away.