ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who wants to kill Hamlet?
A
Claudius
B
Claudius and Laertes
C
Laertes
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

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: -Laertes wants Hamlet dead to avenge Polonius’s death; Claudius wants Hamlet dead because he is afraid that Hamlet knows that Claudius killed his own brother, Hamlet’s father. Claudius uses Laertes’s grief to manipulate him into going along with Claudius’s plan to kill Hamlet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet decides to kill Claudius when the king is committing a sin so that Claudius will instead go to hell. After Hamlet leaves, Claudius rises, saying that he has been unable to pray. Act 3, scene 4 In Gertrude’s room, Polonius hides behind a tapestry. Hamlet’s entrance so alarms Gertrude that she cries out for help.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Claudius wants to kill Hamlet because he views Hamlet as a threat to both his power and his survival. He is plagued with guilt over the murder of his brother, and he fears that Hamlet will somehow uncover the truth and seek revenge.

Detailed explanation-5: -Laertes on the other hand is filled with rage and acts out of his anger rather than out of reason. His reason for wanting to kill Hamlet is that he killed his father. In addition, he wanted to do this because Hamlet had a love relationship with his sister.

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