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Hamlet, Part 3: Figurative Language and Allusions Answers

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What is the effect of the figurative language used in this excerpt? Choose two answers.

A
It reveals Hamlet’s anger with himself.
B
It reveals Hamlet’s love for Ophelia.
C
It reveals Hamlet’s plan for retaliation.
D
It reveals Hamlet’s hesitation to act.
E
It reveals Hamlet’s distrust of Gertrude.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, And can say nothing; no, not for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life A damn’d defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain? breaks my pate across? Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face? Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i’ the throat, As deep as to the lungs? Who does me this?

A
A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause,
B
And can say nothing; no, not for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life
C
A damn’d defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain? breaks my pate across?
D
Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face? Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i’ the throat,
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Which statement best explains why Hamlet alludes to Pyrrhus throughout Act II,Scene ii of Hamlet?

A
The allusion highlights the idea of avenging a father's murder.
B
The allusion proves that Pyrrhus killed Hamlet's father.
C
The allusion emphasizes the idea of a mother's betrayal.
D
The allusion suggests that Hamlet imagined his father's ghost.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Rosencrantz: To visit you, my lord; no other occasion.Hamlet: Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks; but I thank you: and sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny. Were you not sent for? Is it your own inclining? Is it a free visitation? Come, come, deal justly with me: come, come; nay, speak.Guildenstern: What should we say, my lord?

A
It establishes that Hamlet is poverty-stricken.
B
It establishes that Hamlet dislikes his friends.
C
It establishes that Hamlet suffers hardships.
D
It establishes that Hamlet has little gratitude.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.When she saw Pyrrhus make malicious sport In mincing with his sword her husband’s limbs, The instant burst of clamour that she made— Unless things mortal move them not at all— Would have made milch the burning eyes of heaven, And passion in the gods.Hecuba is a figure in Greek mythology who was married to King Priam. In the excerpt, she is shown grieving for her dead husband.

A
that Hecuba was too emotional when she saw her husband’s dead body
B
that Hecuba was determined to take revenge for the death of Priam
C
that Hecuba properly mourned the death of her beloved husband
D
that Hecuba did not show enough emotion after Priam was killed
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.When she saw Pyrrhus make malicious sport In mincing with his sword her husband’s limbs, The instant burst of clamour that she made— Unless things mortal move them not at all— Would have made milch the burning eyes of heaven, And passion in the gods.

A
She is confused by the sight of her murdered husband.
B
She is deeply distraught by the sight of her murdered husband.
C
She is unaffected by the sight of her murdered husband.
D
She is joyful at the sight of her murdered husband.

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