Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Claudius:Have you heard the argument? Is there no offence in ’t?

Hamlet:No, no, they do but jest, poison in jest; no offence i’ the world.

Claudius:What do you call the play?

Hamlet:The Mouse-trap. Marry, how? Tropically. This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna: Gonzago is the duke’s name; his wife, Baptista. You shall see anon; ’tis a knavish piece of work: but what of that? your majesty and we that have free souls, it touches us not: let the galled jade wince, our withers are unwrung.

Hamlet’s character is complex in the excerpt because

a. he is unable to explain the play.
b. his actions symbolize cruelty.
c. he conceals his true motivation.
d. his play provides a spiritual lesson.

C: He conceals his true motivation.

Explanation:

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answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

explanation:

a conclusion based on evidence is an example of a. inference