Option #2: At the end of the play, Fortinbras states "Let four captains bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage, for he was likely, had he been put on, to have proved most royal…" Do you agree? Why or why not? Is Hamlet a true tragic hero? A tragic hero wants to do good, means to make things well, but is ultimately flawed. What are Hamlet’s flaws? Does he allow his passions to overrule his reason?

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.