Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. KING CLAUDIUS: Where is Polonius? HAMLET: In heaven; send hither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i' the other place yourself. (Act IV, scene iii) Why does Hamlet tell Claudius that he should be the one to seek Polonius in hell?

a) because Claudius’s servants would be unwilling to go
b) because he is sending Claudius there
c) because Claudius put him there
d) because Claudius is a murderer

Answer 1

d) because Claudius is a murderer

Step-by-step explanation:

He asked King Claudius to seek Polonius in hell because, he himself is a murderer. Hamlet believed that, all murderers' should be able to visit hell without any obstacle on their way unlike others who had not committed sin or murder.