Read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet. the rugged pyrrhus, like the hyrcanian beast,— ’tis not so, it begins with pyrrhus: — the rugged pyrrhus, he, whose sable arm, black as his purpose, did the night resemble when he lay couched in the ominous horse, pyrrhus is a figure from greek mythology who avenges the death of his father by brutally killing king priam. what does the excerpt suggest about hamlet’s state of mind? hamlet does not believe that claudius killed his father. hamlet is still undecided about avenging his father’s death. hamlet is shocked by pyrrhus’s merciless behavior. hamlet admires pyrrhus and wants to follow his example.

D) Hamlet admires Pyrrhus and wants to follow his example.

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it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

cassius, casca, and their allies plant false documents to manipulate brutus to join their cause to remove caesar. after doing so, they visit brutus at night in his home to persuade him of their views. there they plan caesar's death. brutus is troubled but refuses to confide in his devoted wife, portia. on 15 march, caesar's wife, calpurnia, urges him not to go to the senate. she has had visionary dreams and fears the portents of the overnight storms.