Is this a metaphor or a similie? The news of their arrival was a lighting bolt from the sky.

metaphor because it doesnt say like or as

Explanation:

evertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable.

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the answers are;

d. it reveals hamlet’s hesitation to act.

a.it reveals hamletâs anger with himself.