Shakespeare’s allusion to Hecuba suggests that Hamlet is impressed by the actor’s ability to cry for a fictional character, as stated in option B.
<h3>What is an allusion?</h3>
In literature, an allusion is a figure of speech in which the author mentions a well-known person or character belonging to a different story. In "Hamlet," Shakespeare alludes to Hecuba, a character in Homer's "Iliad."
The allusion appears in Hamlet's speech as he expresses admiration. Even though Hecuba is not real, just a fictional character, the actor was able to cry for her. Hamlet is impressed by the actor's ability.
With the information above in mind, we can choose option B as the correct answer.
The missing excerpt is the following:
Could force his soul so to his own conceit
That from her working all his visage wann’d,
Tears in his eyes, distraction in ’s aspect,
A broken voice, and his whole function suiting
With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing!
For Hecuba!
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