Hamlet: o! that this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew; or that the everlasting had not fix’d his canon ’gainst self-slaughter! o god! o god! how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world. fie on ’t! o fie! ’tis an unweeded garden, that grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature possess it merely. that it should come to this! what effect does the stage direction have on the scene? by leaving hamlet alone on stage, the audience learns how truly upset he is. when everyone leaves, it shows how the rest of the family shuns hamlet. having just hamlet on the stage makes him the most appealing character. when the audience sees hamlet by himself they assume he has no friends.

That time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang in me thou sees the twilight of such day as after sunset fadeth in the west; which by and by black night doth take away, death's second self that seals up all in rest. in me thou seest the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the deathbed whereon it must expire, consumed with that which it was nourished by. this thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well, which thou must leave ere long. the first stanza compares the leafless limbs of a tree to a. yellow leaves b. sweet birds c. bare choirs d. summer

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Read the excerpt from henry wadsworth longfellow’s translation of an excerpt from dante’s inferno and answer the question. but inasmuch as never from this depth did any one return, if i hear true, without the fear of infamy i answer . . “the love song of j. alfred prufrock” begins with an excerpt from dante’s inferno. which two statements express how this source material contributes to the mood of the poem? click here to read the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of horror that eliot elaborates throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of enthusiasm that eliot argues against throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of boldness that eliot continues throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of shame that eliot explores throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of enlightenment that eliot mocks throughout the poem. next question ask for