Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Guildenstern: Which dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.Hamlet: A dream itself is but a shadow.Rosencrantz: Truly, and I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow’s shadow.
Answer
A
dreams and ambition by using metaphors.
B
shadows and dreams by using similes.
C
ambition and substance by using apostrophes.
D
substance and dreams by using personification.
Explanation
Guildenstern says ambition is “the shadow of a dream,” and Hamlet says a dream is “but a shadow.” These are metaphors: they directly describe dreams and ambition as shadows without using “like” or “as.” The lines suggest that both are insubstantial or fleeting.
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