Read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet.
polonius: well be with you, gentlemen!
hamlet: hark you, guildenstern; and you too; at each ear a hearer: that great baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling-clouts.
what is the effect of hamlet’s use of metaphor in this excerpt?
a. the metaphor reveals that hamlet respects polonius.
b. the metaphor shows that hamlet wants polonius’s .
c. the metaphor portrays polonius as foolish and weak.
d. the metaphor establishes polonius as angry and mean.
correct answer on e2020 is c

The correct answer is C. The metaphor portrays Polonius as foolish and weak.

Explanation:

Just read the excerpt - Hamlet compares Polonius to a 'great baby [...] not yet out of his swaddling-clouts.' Obviously, when a grown man is compared to a baby, that's not a positive thing, which is why A and B are incorrect. There is no indication that Polonius is angry or mean.

This is why C is correct here.

C. The metaphor portrays Polonius as foolish and weak.

Explanation:

This is the statement that best describes the effect of Hamlet's metaphor. In these lines, Hamlet talks to Guilderstern and Polonius. However, when he refers to Polonius, he says that he is a "great baby" who "is not yet out of his swaddling-clouts" (is not yet out of diapers). This metaphor is intended to make Polonius appear foolish and weak.

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.

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)