Which word in the passage is the key to understanding ophelia’s tone?polonius: how now, ophelia! what’s the matter? ophelia: ala
s! my lord, i have been so affrighted. polonius: with what, in the name of god? ophelia: my lord, as i was sewing in my closet, lord hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac’d; no hat upon his head; his stockings foul’ d.
a.matterb.affrightedc.unbrac’dd.foul’d
The answer is B Affrighted. It means frightened, and the overall tone of the passage is that anxious frightened feel. The other choices do not reflect an anxious frightened feel.
