Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

1). It reveals Hamlet’s anger with himself.

4). It reveals Hamlet’s hesitation to act.

Explanation:

The figurative language implies the employment of 'figures of speech' or literary devices that aids the authors to express a connotative meaning to the content that requires to be inferred by the readers and therefore, such language compels them to imagine or apprehend the meaning of the work.

As per the question, the effect created by the figurative language employed in the given excerpt would include that it aids to 'reveal or disclose Hamlet's anger with himself' that reflects his feelings of guilt('I should have fatted')and impotence('what an a** am I') to take the necessary actions to revoke his previous actions. Then, the figurative language also assists to display 'Hamlet's hesitation to act' which is reflected through the use of phrases like 'I am pigeon-liver’d' and 'lack gall'. Therefore, options 1 and 4 are correct.

Answer 2

The effect of the figurative language used in this excerpt is as follows:

1). It reveals Hamlet’s anger with himself.

4). It reveals Hamlet’s hesitation to act

This implies out of the option provided, the correct ones are 1 and 4.

Further Explanation

The first option (It reveals Hamlet’s anger with himself) shows that hamlet is trying to castigate himself for his actions and also uses different names to qualify his coward actions.

The second option (It reveals Hamlet’s hesitation to act), implies that hamlet knows what he could do to revenge the death of his father but admits that he’s not brave enough to revenge his father’s murder.

In any writing, figurative language can make the readers see things differently, it can increase the reader’s senses, and it can also add emphasis and expression. The use of figurative language helps readers to feel as if they are having the experience as the author.

Figurative language involves the use of a figure of speech in writing as it helps authors to express connotative meaning in their writings.

Figurative language commonly involves any of the following

• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Consonance
• Assonance
• Metaphor
• Anastrophe
• Personification and many more

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1 and 4.

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