Hamlet: what a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! –hamlet, william shakespeare what is the effect of hamlet’s use of similes in this passage? it creates a feeling of greatness by comparing humans to divine beings. it creates a feeling of smallness by comparing something powerful to something weak. it creates a feeling of peace by comparing angels to gods. it creates a feeling of sadness by comparing something beautiful to something plain.

Free tip: Remember this: A simale is a comparison using like or as.

The simales in this exerpt are

In action how like an angel!

In apprehension how like a god!

A) It creates a feeling of greatness by comparing humans to divine beings. This is the answer because divine beings are great and powerful, and a human being compared to one would be considered an honor.

B) It creates a feeling of smallness by comparing something powerful to something weak.                                                                                                                 This is not the answer, because it is not showing differences as much as it is showing simalarities between them.

C) It creates a feeling of peach by comparing angels to gods.                                     This is not the answer because it is not comparing angel and a god, it is comparing a human and an angle and comparing a human and a god.

D) It creates a feeling of sadness by comparing something beatiful to something plain.                                                                                                         This is not the answer because it is not showing how one is better than the others, it is showing how they are similar.

It creates a feeling of greatness by comparing humans to divine beings.

Explanation:

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overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.