<em />I am doing the exact same thing. I don't know what I'm doing!!!<em />
Answer:
Taking over the Kingdom and the Queen
Explanation:
King Claudius addresses the court as the new king, informing how he, in the time of deep sorrow over the death of his brother, 'fought discretion with nature' to continue with the affairs of the state since it was monumental loss, yet the state must have a king. Taking the welfare of the 'warlike' state into account, Claudius marries his brother's wife, 'the imperial jointress' and hence he says he has done a right thing. Though he calls it 'a defeated joy' with a dropping eye, he usurps the kingdom very smartly. Claudius is quick in marrying his brother's wife since both 'funeral' and 'marriage' go simultaneously. Claudius's hurry in marriage is a scheme in taking the queen to his side in order to isolate Hamlet, the rightful heir and to prove to the world how much he cares about the kingdom and his dead brother.
The excerpt is as written below:
Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself, that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects, and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdoms, and for my people, my honour, and my blood, even in the dust.
The excerpt signifies her emotional appeal to the troops as well as her persuading and statement to do all what it takes for the best of England.
Answer:
The metaphor in stanza 8 is "Has earned a night's repose" Because the author is comparing both the characters earnings to the *Nights repose* (without like or as, ofc because it's not a simile)
Explanation:
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