Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet . Danes: [ Within .] Let her come in. Laertes: How now! what noise is that? Re-enter OPHELIA. O heat, dry up my brains! tears seven times salt, Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye! By heaven, thy madness shall be paid by weight, Till our scale turn the beam. O rose of May! Dear maid, kind sister, sweet Ophelia! O heavens! is 't possible a young maid's wits Should be as mortal as an old man’s life? Nature is fine in love, and where 'tis fine It sends some precious instance of itself After the thing it loves. Which statement best describes how this plot event shapes Laertes?
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act IV, Scene v. Laertes: How came he dead? I’ll not be juggled with. To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point I stand, That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I’ll be reveng’d Most throughly for my father. Based on the passage, which best describes how Laertes feels about his father’s death?
Which statement best explains why Shakespeare alludes to Hecuba throughout Act II, Scene ii of Hamlet ?
Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet . Bernardo: ’Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed , Francisco. Francisco: For this relief much thanks; ’tis bitter cold, Which is the best adaptation of the underlined part of the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet. Bernardo: Who’s there? Francisco: Nay, answer me; stand, and unfold yourself. Which is the best adaptation of the underlined part of the excerpt?
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