Shakespeare’s allusion to Hecuba suggests that Hamlet is irritated by the actor’s emotional performance of the speech. Is impressed by the actor’s ability to cry for a fictional character. Wishes the actor had shown more emotion during the speech. Feels that the actor does not know who Hecuba really was.

Choose the letter of the word that most clearly expresses the tone in each passage. if you are unfamiliar with any of the words, look them up before you select the correct answer. we have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. they lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. we bid them a final farewell. question 1 options: forgiving sorrowful angry amused