Based on your reading up to act iv, which delay theory best explains hamlet's inability to act? i. note the delay theory (write the theory): ii. state two reasons to support theory –explain your argument, not from text ( write in complete sentences): 1. 2. iii. provide two scenes from the play to support your reasons –copy the exact lines, cite act, scene 1. 2. iv. why is this theory better than the other four noted? explain thoroughly

the god   the goddess of salt water, of fresh water   yet more powerful and perfect.

what are the choises i cant answer without choises

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.