Hamlet hears a trumpet and cannon being let off; what does he say is going on? How does he feel about this?

How does the author's purpose affect his or her text structure

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action

Read this passage from "the pedestrian" by ray bradbury: which sentence best describes the overall impact of the setting?