is there a text or paragraph that would explain why he is in any of those moods?
Answer:
Nerissa is Portia's personal confidante and lady-in-waiting. She is a sophisticated woman with a sharp mind and a genuine sense of humor. Nerissa comforts Portia by telling her that her father has always been a wonderful guy and that these people receive excellent ideas from Heaven when they are preparing their wills. Nerissa promises Portia that only the person who truly loves her and not her money will select the appropriate coffin as a result.
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Educational information:
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Class: 6
Subject: English
Unit: Reading Comprehension
Learning Objective: Gathering Information from the Text
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Question 4: simile
The simile in the excerpt is "His beard was as white as snow." A simile is a comparison between two things using like or as. In this simile the color of his beard is compared to the snow. As to the other options, personification is giving a nonhuman thing human-like traits. Everything in the excerpt is human. Allusion is a reference to another literary work. There is no reference. Metaphor is a comparison between two things without using like or as. This uses as so it is a simile and not a metaphor.
Question 5: He plans to pretend that he has gone mad.
When Hamlet talks about "an antic disposition", he means that he is going to change his mood to one of madness. It is important to remember that mad actually means insane or crazy, not angry.
Question 6: Hamlet is saying that his madness changes like the weather, and that he is only mad some of the time.
In this piece of dialogue Hamlet is speaking of his madness like it's the wind. The wind changes directions just like his madness can change. He is trying to tell his friends that his madness is not constant but instead changes.
1. Plot
2. The setting
3. The protagonist
A fable is a short narrative that generally has animals in it that act just like humans would, or tell story of legendary people and exploits. An example would be the Lion King. A fair tale is a story that is usually used for children. They describe legendary deeds and creatures and use mythical creatures in them such as elves, fairies and trolls. An example would be the Brother’s Grimm.
