Claudius: he made confession of you,
and gave you such a masterly report
for art and exercise in your defence,
and for your rapier most especially,
that he cried out, ’twould be a sight indeed
if one could match you; the scrimers of their nation,
he swore, had neither motion, guard, nor eye,
if you oppos’d them. sir, this report of his
did hamlet so envenom with his envy
that he could nothing do but wish and beg
your sudden coming o’er, to play with him.
which correctly evaluates shakespeare’s use of theme in the passage?
when claudius uses flattery to convince laertes to kill hamlet, shakespeare emphasizes the theme “pride leads to downfall.”
by having claudius compliment laertes, shakespeare introduces the theme “love is possible in the face of despair.”
by comparing laertes’s expertise to hamlet’s jealousy, shakespeare emphasizes the theme “jealousy leads to failure.”
when claudius reveals hamlet’s feelings for laertes, shakespeare illustrates the theme “truth is hard to see.”

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.