What is the combined effect of the figurative language and allusions in this passage?

A. an emphasis on revenge, inevitable violence, and death

B. an emphasis on solitude and everlasting peace

C. an emphasis on heartbreak and sorrow

First Player:] But, as we often see, against some storm,

A silence in the heavens, the rack stand still,

The bold winds speechless and the orb below

As hush as death, anon the dreadful thunder

Doth rend the region; so, after Pyrrhus' pause,

Aroused vengeance sets him new a-work

-Hamlet,

William Shakespeare

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1 December, 02:45

What is the combined effect of the figurative language and allusions in this passage?

A. an emphasis on revenge, inevitable violence, and death

B. an emphasis on solitude and everlasting peace

C. an emphasis on heartbreak and sorrow

First Player:] But, as we often see, against some storm,

A silence in the heavens, the rack stand still,

The bold winds speechless and the orb below

As hush as death, anon the dreadful thunder

Doth rend the region; so, after Pyrrhus' pause,

Aroused vengeance sets him new a-work

-Hamlet,

William Shakespeare

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Angeline Nichols · Answer 1

The combined effect of the figurative language and allusions in this passage are an emphasis on revenge, inevitable violence, and death.

Kyra Mendez · Answer 2

The combined effect of the figurative language and allusions in this passage is an emphasis on revenge, inevitable violence, and death.

Explanation:

Hamlet's speech talks about his inner conflict and his craving for revenging his father's death, this excerpt foresees the inevitable events to happen, this lines refer to the killing of Priam on the hands of Pyrrhus after his father Achilles is killed, then Hamlet puts himself and his life in a similar situation where revenge and hate moves people to act.