FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Claudius
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Laertes
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Osric
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Fortinbras
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Detailed explanation-1: -A funeral procession approaches. Hamlet soon realizes that the corpse is Ophelia’s. When Laertes in his grief leaps into her grave and curses Hamlet as the cause of Ophelia’s death, Hamlet comes forward. He and Laertes struggle, with Hamlet protesting his own love and grief for Ophelia.
Detailed explanation-2: -At Ophelia’s burial, the Priest reveals a widely held belief that Ophelia committed suicide, angering Laertes. Hamlet fights Laertes over Ophelia’s grave, angered by Laertes’ exaggerated emphasis of his sorrow and because he believes he loved Ophelia much more than her brother, Laertes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Hamlet jumps into Ophelia’s open grave after Laertes does so. Laertes is grief-stricken over his sister’s death and leaps into her grave to hold her one more time. Hamlet is enraged and declares his own grief to be greater than that of Laertes.
Detailed explanation-4: -What does Laertes and Hamlet’s fight in Ophelia’s grave foreshadow? The fight foreshadows the duel that is to come-the one Claudius and Laertes are planning, and the fact that they both jump into the grave foreshadows death.