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vazorg [7]
3 years ago
8

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.

English
2 answers:
elena55 [62]3 years ago
8 0
The correct answer is C. rulers gained power by surrounding themselves with loyal officers

LiRa [457]3 years ago
7 0

<em>rulers gained power by surrounding themselves with loyal officers</em>. This is the right answer.

In this excerpt , Hamlet shows Rosencrantz is <em>too loyal</em> to Claudius. In fact, Hamlet thinks he is Claudius' spy. Hamlet has jut killed Polonius and Rosencrantz asks him about Polonius' body. Hamlet calls Rosencratz a sponge because he does what the king orders and in this way the king becomes so powerful. The king uses their loyal men but then , he will also get rid of them. Hamlet does not tell Rosencratz where the body is.

These options are not right:

-sponges were new and popular in Elizabethan society. ( The sponge is used as a metaphor. The king makes his loyal men<em> soak</em> his needs).

-scientists in the 1600s were studying the human body. ( The metaphorical use of the sponge is not related to science).

-common people felt that they were ignored by their royal leaders ( The focus is put on men loyal to the king, Rosencrantz, not on common people).

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