Read the excerpt from act iii of hamlet. ophelia: what means this, my lord? hamlet: marry, this is miching mallecho; it means mischief. ophelia: belike this show imports the argument of the play. enter prologue. hamlet: we shall know by this fellow: the players cannot keep counsel; they’ll tell all. ophelia: will he tell us what this show meant? hamlet: ay, or any show that you’ll show him; be not you ashamed to show, he’ll not shame to tell you what it means. ophelia: you are naught, you are naught. i’ll mark the play. what word from the excerpt suggests that hamlet has hidden motives in showing the play? mischief argument counsel naught

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.