The reason hun is because Shakespeare uses an early form of the English language. There are a few differences between today's English and Shakespeare's Early Modern English. He uses words such as thee, thy, lord, thou, art, etc which is complicated for us to understand. Also, many of Shakespeare's plays were written in iambic pentameter which makes his writings much more difficult to interpret. Another thing is that he invented new words in his writings, over 1,000 words he invented.
The verb dictate means to give an order that must be obeyed. From the excerpt, we can assume that the words duty, honor, and country should be our guidelines. The ideas behind those words must be followed, for they tell us what we ought to be, what we can be, what we will be.
The verb dictate could also mean to speak or read to a person. In this excerpt, however, that meaning does not apply.
The correct answer for this question is b. the claim
When evaluating an argument follow these steps:
-Determine the claim:
-Identify reasons
-Locate evidence
-Analyze evidence
I would like to think it woulf be the second option