The missing the part in the question you posted is as follows:
<em>Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.</em>
<em>Yet I,</em>
<em>A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak,</em>
<em>Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause,</em>
<em>And can say nothing; no, not for a king,</em>
<em>Upon whose property and most dear life</em>
<em>A cursed defeat was made.</em>
<em>What is the effect of the figurative language used in this excerpt?</em>
Answering the question, the effect of figurative language used in the excerpts are as follows:
- It shows hamlet’s indecision
- It shows hamlet’s confusion
- It shows hamlet’s idleness
<h2>Further Explanation</h2>
From the excerpt, we can understand clearly that hamlet is troubled; he isn’t sure about the action to be taken. For example, <em>"A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John-a-dreams"</em> clearly expresses Hamlet’s idleness.
Also another phrase from the Excerpts: <em>"unpregnant of my cause" </em>expresses that Hamlet does not have any plan to revenge and as such reveals his indecision and confusion.
Figurative language means the use of a figure of speech in writing. It helps the author to convey connotative meaning in their writing.
The figurative language mostly involves some of the following
- Hyperbole
- Idiom
- Consonance
- Assonance
- Metaphor
- Anastrophe
- Personification and many more
Therefore, the effect of figurative language used in the experts are: It shows hamlet’s indecision, it shows hamlet’s confusion, it shows hamlet’s idleness
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KEYWORDS:
- hamlet
- indecision
- confusion
- idleness
- figurative language
