Answer:
The suspense is built through the characters, who have big secrets that they all avoid revealing throughout the play. :)
Explanation:
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I think the significance of their argument had brought them to marriage. Both Lomov and Natalya often argue about the land that is situated between their properties. At first Lomov, only wanted to propose to Natalya because of their circumstance. However, Lomov had slowly fallen for her.
Hamlet does accept the duel however, for two reasons: firstly, it offers him an opportunity to resolve his conflict with Laertes, whose forgiveness he craves (a fencing duel with foils - blunted blades - is a courtly sport after all, and chiefly an exercise in male bonding).
Secondly, and more significantly, Hamlet is world-weary and ready to succumb to any outside agency.
