Hamlet, Part 2: Word Choice and Tone Answers

What is nuance?

Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii.Laertes: Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister; And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shot and danger of desire.

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To determine the precise meaning of a word, what should the reader consider? Choose three answers.context cluesellipsisinversiontoneword choice

Read the analysis of Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Shakespeare creates an anguished tone by repeating certain words in both Hamlet’s and the Ghost’s dialogue.

To analyze tone, what is one topic the reader should study?

Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Hamlet: Why, right; you are i’ the right;

Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Ghost: I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand an end ...

Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Hamlet: And now, good friends, As you are friends, scholars, and soldiers, Give me one poor request. Horatio: What is ’t, my lord? we will.Hamlet: Never make known what you have seen to-night.

Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii.Laertes: Be wary then; best safety lies in fear: Youth to itself rebels, though none else near.