Question

Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.

Guildenstern: Which dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

Hamlet: A dream itself is but a shadow.

Rosencrantz: Truly, and I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow’s shadow.

In this excerpt, the characters describe the nature of

dreams and ambition by using metaphors.
shadows and dreams by using similes.
ambition and substance by using apostrophes.
substance and dreams by using personification.

Answer 1

@ThatCreepyBoy

Answer 2

fyi, you dont need to change accounts here

Answer 3

I don't want my ss to increase that's why I changed.

Answer 4

"ss"?

Answer 5

Smart Score. Yours is 20, mine is 50 rn.

Answer 6

k

Answer 7

A.