Elsinore. a platform before the castle. francisco at his post. enter to him bernardo. bernardo: who’s there? francisco: nay, answer me; stand, and unfold yourself. bernardo: long live the king! francisco: bernardo? bernardo: he. francisco: you come most carefully upon your hour. bernardo: ’tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, francisco. francisco: for this relief much ; ’tis bitter cold, and i am sick at heart. –hamlet, william shakespeare what does the audience learn about the setting of the play from the opening lines of the first scene? a. the weather is cold. it is late at night. b. the country is at war. c. the story takes place at a castle. d. the castle is near the sea.

The correct answer is A.

Explanation:

It is important to state that the original opening scene from Hamlet does not contain the "stage directions" included in this excerpt ("Elsinore, a platform before the castle"); and what is more, there is no explicit allusion to a place before the action actually starts.

Having said that, the correct answer is A because Bernardo asks "Who's there?" and Fransisco returns "Nay, answer me; stand, and unfold yourself" (meaning, you tell me who you are and identify yourself). This interaction can only be possible if it is very late at night, since the characters imply that they can's see each other by asking who is approaching. Once they have identified themselves they talk about to things:

="The clock says it's twelve, so go to bed" This is an explicit reference to the time in which this scene takes place, so now we can be certain that it is very late at night.

2.  "it's bitter cold, and I am sick at heart"

= "It's very cold and I feel depressed" This is an explicit reference to the weather being cold.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

i am not sure if this is the correct story but i think the answerr is when twain's confidence when he asked twin a question

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