Ghost: ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, with witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts,— o wicked wit and gifts, that have the power so to seduce! —won to his shameful lust the will of my most seeming-virtuous queen. –hamlet, william shakespeare which words best describe the tone of the passage? a)friendly and confident b)angry and accusing c)bored and irritated d)sincere and sentimental

B)

Explanation: In this passage from Act I, Scene V, of "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare, the words that best describe the tone of the passage are angry and accusing. The ghost of Hamlet's father is telling Hamlet that his brother Claudius, a traitor and an adulterous animal has won his former wife's will with intelligent words and fancy gifts. These two things seduced her, and made her fall into Claudius's lust.

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.