In this passage from hamlet, act iv, scene vii, king claudius tells laertes why he is not taking action against polonius’s murderer. which lines convey the idea that the danish people love hamlet and that accusing him of murder would generate bad public opinion for claudius? laertes: it well appears. but tell me why you proceeded not against these feats, so criminal and so capital in nature, as by your safety, greatness, wisdom, all things else you mainly were stirr'd up king: o, for two special reasons, which may to you, perhaps, seem much unsinow'd,389 but yet to me they are strong. the queen his mother lives almost by his looks, and for myself— my virtue or my plague, be it either which— she is so conjunctive to my life and soul, that, as the star moves not but in his sphere, i could not but by her. the other motive, why to a public count i might not go, is the great love the general gender bear him; who, dipping all his faults in their affection, work, like the spring that turneth wood to stone, so that my arrows, too slightly timber'd for so loud a wind, would have reverted to my bow again, but not where i have aim'd them nextreset

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.

a compare and contrast essay is a piece of formal writing in which the author focus on the similarities between two ideas, objects, places, etc., and the differences between them. there are some aspects that the author should take into account when he/she is crafting the essay. first, the author has a clear idea of the effect that he/she wants to produce on the audience (a purpose). his/her main idea should be presented in the thesis statement in a simple but effective way which gives the audience a clear idea of the content and the direction of the essay. in addition, it is also important to focus to the similarities and differences that not only are interesting and relevant to the reader but also provide a new, impressive point of view or deeper understanding of a topic.