Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet. Horatio: Our last king, Whose image even but now appeared to us, Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway, Thereto picked on by a most emulate pride, Dar’d to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet— For so this side of our known world esteem’s him— Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a sealed compact, Well ratified by law and heraldry, Did forfeit with his life all those his lands To view the excerpt through a historical lens, which questions should the reader ask? Select 2 options. >How does the structure of the text help the audience to understand the situation with Fortinbras?

>What beliefs were common during this period that make the appearance of a ghost believable to the audience?

>How does the dialogue reinforce or challenge the gender stereotypes that were present at the time?

>What literary devices make the relationship between Horatio and Fortinbras clear to the audience?

>What major political events occurred that the audience can compare to the politics in the scene?

>What beliefs were common during this period that make the appearance of a ghost believable to the audience?

Explanation:

>What major political events occurred that the audience can compare to the politics in the scene?

your answer is c) experiments with water vapor showed that elements combine in specific proportions.

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.