ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Hamlet story begins with a death. What happened?
A
His father is killed by his uncle
B
His uncle is killed by his mother
C
His girlfriend is killed by his father
D
His mother is killed by his father
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Apparently, Claudius had poisoned Hamlet’s father while they were in the garden something that led to his death. Hamlet’s investigations prove that Claudius really did poison his father. Hamlet then decides to avenge the death of his father by killing his uncle Claudius.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet is appalled at the revelation that his father has been murdered, and the ghost tells him that as he slept in his garden, a villain poured poison into his ear-the very villain who now wears his crown, Claudius.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Queen also prays him not to go to Wittenberg: and he consents to remain. ‘ Now I quite agree that the obvious interpretation of this passage is that universally accepted, that Hamlet, like Horatio, was at Wittenberg when his father died; and I do not say that it is wrong.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet sees the ghost of his father. The ghost tells him that it was his brother Claudius, the new king, who killed him and commands Hamlet to get revenge.

Detailed explanation-5: -Polonius hides in Gertrude’s room to protect her from her unpredicatable son. When Hamlet arrives to scold his mother, he hears Polonius moving behind the arras (a kind of tapestry). He stabs the tapestry and, in so doing, kills Polonius.

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