Read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet. guildenstern: prison, my lord! hamlet: denmark’s a prison. rosencrantz: then is the world one. hamlet: a goodly one; in which there are many confines, wards, and dungeons, denmark being one o’ the worst. in this excerpt, hamlet compares denmark to a prison. which statement best describes the effect of this metaphor? it indicates that hamlet feels trapped. it reveals that hamlet is being forced to stay. it proves that hamlet’s father was killed. it shows that hamlet imagined the ghost.