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QuizMultiple Choice

Hamlet, Part 3: Figurative Language and Allusions

Question 9 • TX-English IV A Chamberlain P2 T1

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.

Answer
A
The metaphor reveals that Hamlet respects Polonius.
B
The metaphor shows that Hamlet wants Polonius’s help.
C
The metaphor portrays Polonius as foolish and weak.
D
The metaphor establishes Polonius as angry and mean.
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