Hamlet's dull revenge by: rené girard 1. identify the claim and the central idea in lines 1-24. 2. what central idea is the author supporting in lines 25-44. 3. what is the reason that neither shakespeare nor hamlet can give up revenge? what evidence does the author present in lines 51-70? 4. what is the value in quoting directly from the play (lines 86-104) instead of merely summarizing the dialogue? why does the author present these examples in this order? 5. read lines 98-122. why is fortinbras' army a "catchy example for hamlet"? what central idea can be inferred from this example? 6. read lines 134-136. how is laertes like the actor that played hecuba? what does this similarity suggest? 7. how does the section from lines 137-148 relate to the authors argument? 8. read lines 166-180. gertrude refers to hamlets outburst as both "madness" and "towering passion". what central idea does girard infer from these differe

Select the correct answer. lyric poems often deal with intense emotions. which statement best describes the shift in emotion in "lift every voice and sing" as it moves from the first into the second stanza? lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty; let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, facing the rising sun of our new day begun let us march on till victory is won. stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet come to the place for which our fathers sighed? we have come over a way that with tears has been watered, we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. a. the joyful call of the first stanza gives way to a bitter recounting of history in the second. b. the first stanza's anger is replaced by the second stanza's resignation. c. the poem moves from a sense of wonder in the first stanza toward a sense of perplexity in the second. d. there is no change between the first stanza and the second. the emotions are the same in both.

Which phrase best describes the role of irony in a written book? a. to validate readers’ beliefs b. to defy readers’ expectations c. to represent an idea d. to dramatize events apex

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?