The correct answer is Queen Gertrude is caught between her new husband and her son.
B is definitely incorrect because his father is dead so he cannot observe his conversation; C is incorrect because Gertrude believes Hamlet should blindly follow what Claudius has to say; D is incorrect because Hamlet hates Claudius.
This leaves us with sentence A - Gertrude has just lost her husband but she remarried immediately. Now, she is torn between her son whom she loves, and her new husband, who she feels she should obey.
A dependent clause is a clause that cannot stand on its own and make sense which is why it requires an independent clause to give it meaning.
The analogy is meant to show parallels between two sets of words. Fertile is to arable as vague is to clouded. If you understand either pair it can be used to decipher the meaning of the other pair you don't know.
Question 2- to address public concern.
question 1-to remain unbiased?? im not sure ab that one