Read the excerpt from act ii of  hamlet. ophelia: alas! my lord, i have been so affrighted. polonius: with what, in the name of god? ophelia: my lord, as i was sewing in my closet,  lord hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac'd;   no hat upon his head; his stockings foul'd,  ungarter'd, and down-gyved to his ancle;   pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other;   and with a look so piteous in purport  as if he had been loosed out of hell  to speak of horrors, he comes before me. what is the most likely reason shakespeare included this passage? he explains hamlet’s behavior through ophelia’s dialogue, thereby tying up loose ends in the plot. he introduces the conflict between ophelia and hamlet, thereby adding suspense and advancing the plot. he characterizes the relationship between ophelia and polonius, thereby adding to the exposition in the plot. he describes the background between ophelia and hamlet, thereby escalating the tension to its highest point in the plot.

Plz im failing ela prompt: in a well-developed paragraph using the r.a.c.e. method, explain the allusion found in the advertisement. be sure to include an explanation of the character and how the allusion is used to sell the product. advertisement: excerpt from the christmas carol: use this information to deepen your understanding of the character. oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. the cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. a frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. he carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at christmas. race: use this organizational method to guide your writing- r – restate the prompt a – answer the prompt/questions c – cite evidence e – explain the evidence write your response here: