This passage has a melancholic mood. You can tell this due to some specific key words: "dull", "dark", "soundless." They all have a negative connotation. The imagery of a lone rider in a dreary and dull country under the oppressive sky may clue you in that the overall passage has a sad tone to it. Even later in the passage the author states that the scene is melancholic.
The correct answer to this question is couplet.
The answer is A <span>Helen is recognizing Telemachus for the first time.</span>
Answer: In this excerpt, Hamlet chracterizes his mother as b) fickle.
Explanation: In Shakespeare's <em>Hamlet</em>, Gertrude is Prince Hamlet's mother and the Queen of Denmark. After King Hamlet dies, Gertrude decides to marry his brother, Claudius. Therefore,<u> in this excerpt from the play, Hamlet criticizes his mother for marrying Claudius so hastily after his father's death and he even describes her as a "weak" woman for doing it</u>. Hamlet questions Gertrude's commitment to his father and, in that sense, <u>he characterizes her as fickle, that is to say as a person who changes her feelings too suddenly</u>, which makes her unable to be loyal.
