Question

Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.


But I am pigeon-liver’d, and lack gall

To make oppression bitter, or ere this

I should have fatted all the region kites

With this slave’s offal. Bloody, bawdy villain!

Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain!

O! vengeance!

Why, what an *ss am I! This is most brave

That I, the son of a dear father murder’d,

Prompted to my revenge by heaven and h*ll,

Must, like a wh*re, unpack my heart with words,

And fall a-c*rsing, like a very drab,

A scullion!


What is the effect of the figurative language used in this excerpt? Check all that apply.


a. It reveals Hamlet’s anger with himself.

b. It reveals Hamlet’s love for Ophelia

c. It reveals Hamlet’s plan for vengeance.

d. It reveals Hamlet’s hesitation to act.

e. It reveals Hamlet’s distrust of Gertrude.

f. It reveals Hamlet’s vision of

Answer 1

The correct answer are:

a. It reveals Hamlet’s anger with himself.

d. It reveals Hamlet’s hesitation to act.

Answer 2

 All which apply are:

A- Hamlet compares himself to someone helpless.He feels he cannot do much to" undo" the harm caused to his father.He is angry with himself.

D -His hesitation to act is on the first lines of this excerpt..But I am pigeon-liver’d, and lack gall  

To make oppression bitter, or ere this  

I should have fatted all the region kites ....

He feels weak  , he is in doubt because he says he does not have enough boldness to act as he should.