ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who will the group of men in Act 1 scene 1 go to tell about the ghost they saw that looked like the king?
A
Hamlet
B
Gertrude
C
Polonius
D
no one
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Horatio suggests that they tell Prince Hamlet, the dead king’s son, about the apparition. He believes that though the ghost did not speak to him, if it is really the ghost of King Hamlet, it will not refuse to speak to his beloved son.

Detailed explanation-2: -Act 1, scene 4 While Claudius drinks away the night, Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus are visited by the Ghost. It signals to Hamlet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Who do the soldiers/guards want to tell about the ghost? They want to tell Hamlet. Identify King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, Laertes, and Polonius: King Claudius is the new king of Denmark and he killed King Hamlet (Hamlet’s Papa).

Detailed explanation-4: -Before Barnardo can say much, however, the Ghost appears, and Marcellus encourages Horatio to address the spirit. Horatio cannot deny that he, too, sees the Ghost. All three men agree that the Ghost is real; in fact, they recognize it as the “majesty of buried Denmark”-the recently dead King Hamlet.

Detailed explanation-5: -The play’s main characters are Prince Hamlet, his father Claudius, his mother Gertrude, Polonius and his children Laertes and Ophelia, and Hamlet’s best friend Horatio. Act 1, Scene 1 focuses on Horatio and some of his comrades as they try to catch glimpse of a ghost walking the castle grounds.

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