Hamlet acts similarly to claudius in the way he treats whom?
yorick
the ghost
gertrude and ophelia
rosencrantz and guildenstern

Hamlet acts similarly to Claudius in the way he treats Rosencratz and Guildenstern.

In Hamlet, Rosencratz and Guildenstern are presented as Hamlet's childhood friends; however, they are actually Claudius's spies. Hamlet realizes that they are not loyal friends and that he should not trust them. As they participate in an attempt to kill him by carrying a letter that orders it, Hamlet rewrites this letter and instructs the executioner to murder Rosencratz and Guildenstern instead. Eventually, Rosencratz and Guildenstern die and, for that reason, it can be said that Hamlet acts similarly to Claudius.

b. his ability to use formal language to stress strong feelings

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).