Read the passage from hamlet, act i, scene iii.

hamlet: my fate cries out,
and makes each petty artery in this body
as hardy as the nemean lion’s nerve. [ghost beckons.]
still am i call’d. unhand me, gentlemen, [breaking from them.]
by heaven! i’ll make a ghost of him that lets me:
i say, away! go on, i’ll follow thee. [exeunt ghost and hamlet.]

which phrase from the passage most create a tone of desperation?

a) each petty artery
b) still am i call’d
c) unhand me, gentlemen
d) make a ghost

The phrase from the above passage which most helps create a tone of desperation is:

c) Unhand me, gentlemen

In Act 1 Scene V of the play “Hamlet”, the ghost of King Hamlet and the young Hamlet conversed with each other. The ghost told Hamlet as how he was murdered in the most unnatural way by his own brother who has successfully taken his position and crown. The ghost tells about his inability of taking revenge and shows his desperation. He asks Hamlet to take the revenge from his uncle of murdering his father and marrying his mother.

c) Unhand me, gentlemen.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet" is about the revenge taken by the young prince Hamlet for the unlawful murder of his father and the right king Hamlet. From the ghost of his father, Hamlet came to know about the acts of his uncle and now step-father and king Claudia, the brother of the dead King Hamlet.

In Act I scene iv, we see Hamlet waiting for the ghost of his father to appear again. And when the ghost did appear, his friends Horatio and Marcellus tried to hold him back,preventing him from meeting the ghost. This was what the excerpt in the question is about. But the desperation in Hamlet, to know about what the ghost will reveal to him, made him order his men to release him from their hold. The phrase "Unhand me, gentlemen" shows his desperation to be let go, even threatening to "make a ghost of him" whoever holds him back from following the ghost.