Read the excerpt from hamlet, act i, scene ii. claudius: take thy fair hour, laertes; time be thine, and thy best graces spend it at thy will. but now, my cousin hamlet, and my son,— hamlet: [aside.] a little more than kin, and less than kind. claudius: how is it that the clouds still hang on you? hamlet: not so, my lord; i am too much i’ the sun. what is the most likely reason that shakespeare chose this point in the play to give hamlet his first aside? shakespeare is alerting the audience to the conflict between claudius and hamlet. shakespeare is making sure the audience knows early on that hamlet is a tragic hero. shakespeare is contrasting hamlet with laertes to create suspense for the audience. shakespeare is hinting to the audience that claudius will cause an unhappy ending for hamlet.

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Analyze identify gandhi central claim in his letter. what key reasons does he provide to support his claim

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.