Hamlet, Part 3: Figurative Language and Allusions — Quiz
Question 9 • Language Arts 12
Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet . Polonius: Well be with you, gentlemen! Hamlet: Hark you, Guildenstern; and you too; at each ear a hearer: that great baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling-clouts. What is the effect of Hamlet’s use of metaphor in this excerpt?
Answer
A
The metaphor shows that Hamlet wants Polonius’s help.
B
The metaphor establishes Polonius as angry and mean.
C
The metaphor reveals that Hamlet respects Polonius.
D
The metaphor portrays Polonius as foolish and weak.