Read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet. i have of late,—but wherefore i know not,—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. what is the effect of hamlet’s use of metaphors in this excerpt? a)the metaphors prove that hamlet is angry with his mother b)the metaphors show that hamlet is still feeling hopeful. c)the metaphors reveal hamlet’s plan to murder claudius. d)the metaphors emphasize hamlet’s state of depression.

D.

Explanation:

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or Hamlet is tragedy play written William Shakespeare.

Hamlet the protagonist of the play, is faced with the death of his father whom he cherished so much in Act 1. And soon he gets the news of his mother's marriage to his uncle, his father's brother, Claudius. This two incident in the life of Hamlet leads him to depression.

In Act 2, Scene 2, the given excerpt appears. In this context Hamlet is depressed because of his father's death and he gets to know it was none other than his uncle Claudius, who murdered his father. His mother also marries Claudius and Hamlet grieves that his mother had soon forgotten his father and married someone else, the murderer of her husband.

The metaphor used in this excerpt shows the state of depression in Hamlet. So, correct option is D.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

which statement best expresses the theme of this short story the value of being confused