ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why does Hamlet jump into Ophelia’s grave?
A
He wants to make sure that she is really dead.
B
He shows that his sorrow is as great as Laertes’.
C
He wants everyone to think he is still mad.
D
He wants to be buried alive, so he can be with her forever.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -Q: Why is the gravedigger scene in Hamlet important? The gravedigger scene is important in Hamlet because it both represents comic-relief and tragedy. It is in this scene that Hamlet accepts his mortality and fate.

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.

Detailed explanation-5: -laertes is upset with the funeral ceremony because it is not a big Catholic funeral. the priest’s response was that he has done all he can do and that he should be thankful that he got that much for her. why does Hamlet jump in the grave with Laertes? he does not want to be out-done by Laertes love for Ophelia.

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