Polonius: Well be with you, gentlemen! Hamlet: Hark you, Guildenstern; and you too; at each ear a hearer: that great baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling-clouts.
What is the effect of Hamlet’s use of metaphor in this excerpt?
AThe metaphor reveals that Hamlet respects Polonius.
BThe metaphor shows that Hamlet wants Polonius’s help.
CThe metaphor portrays Polonius as foolish and weak.
DThe metaphor establishes Polonius as angry and mean.
What is the effect of Hamlet’s use of metaphor in this excerpt?
AThe metaphor reveals that Hamlet respects Polonius.
BThe metaphor shows that Hamlet wants Polonius’s help.
CThe metaphor portrays Polonius as foolish and weak.
DThe metaphor establishes Polonius as angry and mean.