Question

the tragedy of hamlet, prince of denmark
act ii, scene ii. (continued)
enter polonius.
polonius: well be with you, gentlemen!
hamlet: hark you, guildenstern; and you too, at each ear a hearer: that great baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling-clouts. (275)
rosencrantz: happily he’s the second time come to them; for they say an old man is twice a child.
hamlet: i will prophesy he comes to tell me of the players; mark it. you say right, sir; o’ monday morning; ’twas so indeed.
polonius: my lord, i have news to tell you.
hamlet: my lord, i have news to tell you. when roscius was an actor in rome,—
polonius: the actors are come hither, my lord. (280)
hamlet: buzz, buzz!
polonius: upon my honour,—
hamlet: then came each actor on his ass,—
polonius: the best actors in the world, either for tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited: seneca cannot be too heavy, nor plautus too light. for the law of writ and the
which of these lines uses a simile to make a comparison? choose two correct answers.
why, what an ass am i! this is most brave
that i, the son of a dear father murder’d,
prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,
must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words,
and fall a-cursing, like a very drab,

Explanation:

A simile uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison. The fourth option ("Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words") uses "like" to compare the speaker's action to a whore's, and the fifth option ("And fall a - cursing, like a very drab") uses "like" to compare the cursing action to that of a drab. The other options don't use "like" or "as" for comparison.

Answer:

D. Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words
E. And fall a - cursing, like a very drab