Read the excerpt from act ii of  hamlet. ophelia: alas! my lord, i have been so affrighted. polonius: with what, in the name of god? ophelia: my lord, as i was sewing in my closet,  lord hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac'd;   no hat upon his head; his stockings foul'd,  ungarter'd, and down-gyved to his ancle;   pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other;   and with a look so piteous in purport  as if he had been loosed out of hell  to speak of horrors, he comes before me. what is the most likely reason shakespeare included this passage? he explains hamlet’s behavior through ophelia’s dialogue, thereby tying up loose ends in the plot. he introduces the conflict between ophelia and hamlet, thereby adding suspense and advancing the plot. he characterizes the relationship between ophelia and polonius, thereby adding to the exposition in the plot. he describes the background between ophelia and hamlet, thereby escalating the tension to its highest point in the plot.

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. 1. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) 2. o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) 3. nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) 4. at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet