ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who remains alive at the end of “Hamlet”?
A
Hamlet
B
Hamlet´s mother
C
Ophelia
D
none of them
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet’s central characters are Hamlet himself, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Horatio. But only Horatio survives when the curtain falls at the end of Shakespeare’s play.

Detailed explanation-2: -By the end of Hamlet, the only major character left alive is Horatio.

Detailed explanation-3: -Horatio is Hamlet’s friend and attendant. He is the one who tells Hamlet that his father’s ghost has been seen. Horatio is also the last man standing in the haunted Elsinore Castle at the end of the play.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet finally realizes that his duty to revenge is so great that the end must justify the means. He can no longer escape the necessity for action.

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