English

Emery Kirby

3 March, 16:26

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet. Claudius: Where are my Switzers? Let them guard the door. What is the matter? Gentleman: Save yourself, my lord; The ocean, overpeering of his list, Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste Than young Laertes, in a riotous head, O'erbears your officers. The rabble call him lord; And, as the world were now but to begin, Antiquity forgot, custom not known, The ratifiers and props of every word, They cry, 'Choose we; Laertes shall be king!' Caps, hands, and tongues, applaud it to the clouds, 'Laertes shall be king, Laertes king!' Which statement best describes how this plot event shapes Claudius? Laertes's arrival renders Claudius remorseful and contrite. Laertes's popular support increases Claudius's insecurities. Laertes's chaotic entrance makes Claudius become violent. Laertes's demands prompt Claudius to change his politics.