Explain why the player’s speech about hecuba provokes such a strong reaction in hamlet. cite specific details from act ii.

Hecuba, Trojan ruler and courageous woman of traditional folklore. Prior in this scene Hamlet requests that the First Player present a mono-log retelling Hecuba's reaction to the passing of her better half, King Priam.  

The player keeps on presenting the lines of a discourse that Hamlet recollected about Priam's slaughter. Priam was the lord of Troy. Hecuba was his better half who seen Priam being hacked to death by the Greek Pyrrhus, the avenging child of Achilles. Gertrude grieved for her significant other (husband) as Hecuba improved the situation hers.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

explanation:

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.