FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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It’s his favorite play
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The themes and motifs in the play will help Hamlet win Ophelia’s affections
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The play’s plot closely resembles the murder of Hamlet’s father
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Hamlet sees a lot of himself in the character of Gonzago
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why does Hamlet want this particular play performed with the additional speech added? It’s his favorite play. The themes and motifs in the play will help Hamlet win Ophelia’s affections.
Detailed explanation-2: -The travelling players arrive and Hamlet asks them to perform a moving speech from ‘Hecuba and Priam’. He then asks them to perform ‘The Murder of Gonzago’ for the king and his guests the following evening.
Detailed explanation-3: -The play-within-a-play tells the story of Gonzago, the Duke of Vienna, and his wife, Baptista, who marries his murdering nephew, Lucianus. Hamlet believes that the play is an opportunity to establish a more reliable basis for Claudius’s guilt than the claims of the ghost.
Detailed explanation-4: -what has hamlet done with the play and what is the play titled? hamlet calls it the mouse trap. the play is really called the murder of gonzago. hamlet adds 12-16 lines to hint towards Claudius killing his father.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet here compares his father as an excellent king to Claudius who is just a satyr. He is saying that Claudius does not deserve any type of honor.