Read the passage from Hamlet, Act II, Scene i.Polonius: How now, Ophelia! what’s the matter? Ophelia: Alas! my lord, I have been so affrighted. Polonius: With what, in the name of God? Ophelia: My lord, as I was sewing in my closet, Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac’d; No hat upon his head; his stockings foul’d ...
To analyze tone, what is one topic the reader should study?
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Hamlet: Why, right; you are i’ the right;
What is nuance?
Read the analysis of Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Shakespeare creates an anguished tone by repeating certain words in both Hamlet’s and the Ghost’s dialogue.
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Ghost: I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand an end ...
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii.[Laertes:] Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain,If with too credent ear you list his songs,Or lose your heart ...
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii.Laertes: Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister; And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shot and danger of desire.
To determine the precise meaning of a word, what should the reader consider? Choose three answers.
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Ophelia: And, with his other hand thus o’er his brow, He falls to such perusal of my face As he would draw it. Long stay’d he so; At last, a little shaking of mine arm, And thrice his head thus waving up and down, He rais’d a sigh so piteous and profound That it did seem to shatter all his bulk And end his being.
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