Assuming
that the essay is the epic poem from around 1000 CE focusing on Beowulf in a third
person narrative:
<span>“A
man would roar, "I'll steal their gold and burn their meadhall!"
shaking his sword as if the tip were afire, and a man with eyes like two pins
would say, "Do it now, Cowface! I think you're not even the man your
father was!" The people would laugh. I would back away into the darkness,
furious at my stupid need to spy on them, and I would glide to the next camp of
men, and I'd hear the same.”</span>
Shakespeare uses a couple techniques to show the conflict between Hamlet and Gertrude in this scene, irony being the one most used.
First, Hamlet speaks in an aside (meaning no one else can hear him) to indicate he's not interested in speaking to his family -- they are "less than kind."
Then, Gertrude comments on Hamlet's clothing, indicating he's mourning too much. She tells him directly to be kind to Claudius. She says people die all the time, and he replies "aye, it is common," an ironic reply. The death of a king is not "common" -- nor is murder.
Then, Hamlet discusses the meaning of the word "seem," implying that people could fake their grief. (He's implying, perhaps, that Gertrude faked her grief.) His grief, however, IS real.
The error with the subject-verb agreement is "Here is the directions," since the singular verb "is" is incorrect, and the correct verb would be the plural "are".
<h3>What is subject-verb agreement?</h3>
Subject-verb agreement refers to the verb following the person and number of the subject. For example, the subject "I" is first person singular. Therefore, we cannot use "are," second person singular with "I". We must use the verb "am", which is first person singular as well.
That is why the section "Here is the directions" contains an error. The verb "is" is singular, but the subject "directions" is plural. The correct verb to be used is the plural "are".
Learn more about subject-verb agreement here:
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