Answer:
The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
The play would not have a comic tone.
During the fire incidence at the hotel, the employees and guests at the hotel would react and panic and would immediately look for an escape route under normal circumstances. The characters will not be interested in having a calm conversation or waste any more time but will immediately call the fire service for help.
The calm reaction of the characters to the escalated fire ready to burn down the hotel gives the play a comic tone. The play will lose its humorous effect if the characters panicked.
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Shakespeare uses a couple techniques to show the conflict between Hamlet and Gertrude in this scene, irony being the one most used.
First, Hamlet speaks in an aside (meaning no one else can hear him) to indicate he's not interested in speaking to his family -- they are "less than kind."
Then, Gertrude comments on Hamlet's clothing, indicating he's mourning too much. She tells him directly to be kind to Claudius. She says people die all the time, and he replies "aye, it is common," an ironic reply. The death of a king is not "common" -- nor is murder.
Then, Hamlet discusses the meaning of the word "seem," implying that people could fake their grief. (He's implying, perhaps, that Gertrude faked her grief.) His grief, however, IS real.
If the audience is very young, the primary goal is to entertain. For older people, however, there are a variety of different things the writer could be trying to accomplish, such as persuading, entertaining, and even informing. For that, you'd have to look at the content.
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