Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet. Polonius: Well be with you, gentlemen!

Hamlet: Hark you, Guildenstern; and you too; at each ear a hearer: that great baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling-clouts.

What is the effect of Hamlet’s use of metaphor in this excerpt?

The metaphor reveals that Hamlet respects Polonius.
The metaphor shows that Hamlet wants Polonius’s help.
The metaphor portrays Polonius as foolish and weak.
The metaphor establishes Polonius as angry and mean.

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a.something someone else is writing about b.a fact c.something you have written about before

Esther is a person and who makes friends easily. parallel structure how?

My best friend is a white girl named denise — we look at boys together. she sat in front of me all through grade school because of our names: o'connor, ozawa. i know the back of denise's head very well. why does the speaker share details about race, friendship, and names in this stanza? check all the correct answers. to indicate that the students were already segregated and isolated to emphasize the idea that all americans were treated as equals prior to the attack to reveal the extent of the impact resulting from the attack on pearl harbor to identify the compassionate response following the attack on pearl harbor