Question

Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.

Answer 1

Number 5 uses a simile. He compares himself to drab when he falls cursing. There is also the word "like" signaling simile. I hope this helped!

Answer 2

A simile is a description of something which involves its comparison with another thing to show similarity between them. Similes mostly make use of the words 'like' or/and 'as' to compare two things.

Here in this given excerpt from Act II of Hamlet, there are lines that are acting similes:

4. Must, like a who*e, unpack my heart with words,

In this above sentence, 'like a who*e' shows that it is a simile.

5. And fall a-cursing, like a very drab,

Here, 'like a very drab' indicates that is a simile.