FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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it has a theme of revenge
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it is familiar to him
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he knows it is popular with audiences
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he is sending Claudius a warning
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet wants everyone to hear the speech about Pyrrhus and Priam because it involves a son viciously avenging his father’s death. The tale parallels what Hamlet would like to do himself and feels he should do-kill Claudius for murdering his father.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet and the actor recite a speech from a fictitious play based on the Aeneid, the Roman writer Virgil’s epic poem about the Trojan war. In the Aeneid, Aeneas tells Dido, the Queen of Carthage, the story of the fall of Troy.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the purpose of including the player’s speech about Priam in Act II? This story is used to show the player becoming very emotional as he relates a fictional story. It allows Hamlet to express his frustration with not being able to express his emotions over his father’s death.
Detailed explanation-4: -Revenge is a major theme in the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare. In this tragedy, young Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet were all looking to seize revenge on the death of their fathers. Revenge causes someone to act blindly through anger, rather than having a reason.
Detailed explanation-5: -Polonius enters to announce the arrival of the players, who follow him into the room. Hamlet welcomes them and entreats one of them to give him a speech about the fall of Troy and the death of the Trojan king and queen, Priam and Hecuba.