C: sec 10: i have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born
The literary device used here is anachronism.
Explanation:
The person here is said to have been 'wobbled' on to the floor.
This is not an action that a human is often portrayed as doing anywhere so it does not really fit human description but shows a form of action that happens to things.
This suggest the situation and how bad the fall actually is.
It also suggests that the situation and the tone of the passage is rather comedic and used in a sense that is strategically that way.
i do believe the answer is a
everything in this paragraph is in past tense, except 'everyone stops', which is in present tense
it should be "everyone stopped and wondered..."
The first choice is the right answer, that Polonius is sacrificing his daughter to trick Hamlet. This is when Polonius is convinced that Hamlet is lovesick over Ophelia, and when Hamlet calls him Jephthah, he fixates on the mention of his daughter, and neglects the context of Jephthah having sacrificed his daughter.
