Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii. Gertrude: Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off, And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. Do not for ever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy noble father in the dust: Thou know’st ’tis common; all that live must die, Passing through nature to eternity. Hamlet: Ay, madam, it is common. Gertrude: If it be, Why seems it so particular with thee? Which is the best description of how Gertrude is characterized in this passage? Gertrude is oblivious to her son’s grief and focuses on her own happiness. Gertrude is sympathetic of her son’s obvious distress and tries to comfort him. Gertrude is critical of her son’s continued mourning and urges him to move on. Gertrude is saddened by her son’s unhappiness and tries to distract him.

Select the correct answerwhat theme is portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? in reality it was just what is usually seen in the houses of people of moderate means who want to appear rich, and therefore succeed only inresembling others like themselves, there are damasks dark wood, plants, rugs, and dull and polished bronzes-all the things people of a certaiclass have in order to resemble other people of that class. his house was so like the others that it would never have been noticed, but to him it aseemed to be quite exceptional. he was very happy when he met his family at the station and brought them to the newly furnished house all lit uwhere a tootman in a white tie opened the door into the hall decorated with plants, and when they went on into the drawing-room and the studyuttering exclamations of delight he conducted them everywhere, drank in their praises eagerly, and beamed with pleasure.a.the effect of consumerismbw the power of wealthcam keeping up appearances in societyud. wconforming to societal conventionsresetnextil rights reserved.

Read this excerpt from mohandas gandhi's "banaras hindu university speech." what is the speaker's purpose a. to persuade his audience to struggle for self-governance through peaceful means b. to urge wealthy indians to act instead of merely talk about poverty c. to inform the audience that the british colonial power is stealing indian resources d. to persuade his audience to renounce materialistic wealth and pursue spiritual wealth

Match the term to the correct example. 1. allusion juliet: else would i tear the cave where echo lies, / and make her airy tongue more hoarse than 2. imagery chorus: that fair for which love groan’d for and would die, / with tender juliet match’d, is now not fair. 3. personification friar laurence: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; / too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 4. foreshadowing romeo: the brightness of her cheek would shame those stars / as daylight doth a lamp.