Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.I have of late,—but wherefore I know not,—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
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The metaphors prove that Hamlet is angry with his mother.
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The metaphors show that Hamlet is still feeling hopeful.
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The metaphors reveal Hamlet’s plan to murder Claudius.
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The metaphors emphasize Hamlet’s state of depression.