Question 11 (5 points)


The personification of frailty as a woman in line 18 creates the effect of

Question 11 options:


Pity for Gertrude for being weak and old


Anger toward Shakespeare for belittling women




Sadness for Ophelia’s instability


Disgust toward Gertrude for giving in to her appetites


Question 13 (5 points)


Why is Hamlet so upset with himself in the “O, what a rogue and peasant slave,” soliloquy?

Question 13 options:


He was never given the opportunity to achieve his dreams of becoming an actor.



He is tormented by the question of whether or not to kill himself.


He can’t put thoughts and words into action while a group of actors can.


The love between his father and mother is gone.