Question

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.

Answer 1

The correct answer for this question is this one: "keep his audience engaged"

By viewing this excerpt through a historical lens, the reader can conclude that Shakespeare uses the promise of violence to keep his audience engaged
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Answer 2

By viewing this excerpt through a historical lens, the reader can conclude that Shakespeare uses the promise of violence to keep his audience engaged.

The lines in the above excerpt have been spoken by Claudius. He plans to kill Hamlet in a fight because of which he hires Laertes. He tells him about his strategies which make the audience acquitted of the fact that a tragic part is yet to come. The dialogues of Claudius makes the audience feel and visualize the scene how Hamlet would be killed. This keeps the audience engaged in the play until the end.