Read the excerpt from hamlet, act i, scene ii. [exeunt all except hamlet.] hamlet: o! that this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew; or that the everlasting had not fixd his canon gainst self-slaughter! o god! o god! how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world. fie on t! o fie! tis an unweeded garden, that grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature possess it merely. that it should come to this! what effect does the stage direction have on the scene?

Which sentence from the text best develops the theme about the importance of compassion for other people? "besides, he was the only person in the whole place with skin nearly as dark as hers." "at first she wanted to intern at her dad's gas station, but her teacher told her she needed to branch out and signed michelle up at the oakcourt nursing home, only 15 minutes away from her house." "still, michelle had been curious, and she felt sorry that erkan had a bad reputation among the staff." "she too had felt like everyone mistrusted her--especially at the nursing home where she was so much younger than the rest of the staff--so she understood how he must feel."