excerpt from Hamlet

by William Shakespeare


How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,


Seem to me all the uses of this world!


Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,


That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature


Part A


Which image in the passage refers to the Book of Genesis?


garden


nature


rank


seed

Part B


How has the author transformed the image from the Book of Genesis?


The speaker is old and tired.


The garden is unpleasant and overgrown.


The seeds will not grow properly.


There are too many people in the world.