read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet. guildenstern: which dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very…

read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet. guildenstern: which dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. hamlet: a dream itself is but a shadow. rosencrantz: truly, and i hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadows shadow. in this excerpt, the characters describe the nature of dreams and ambition by using metaphors. shadows and dreams by using similes. ambition and substance by using apostrophes. substance and dreams by using personification.

read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet. guildenstern: which dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. hamlet: a dream itself is but a shadow. rosencrantz: truly, and i hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadows shadow. in this excerpt, the characters describe the nature of dreams and ambition by using metaphors. shadows and dreams by using similes. ambition and substance by using apostrophes. substance and dreams by using personification.

Answer

Answer:

The first option: dreams and ambition by using metaphors.

Brief Explanations:

The characters compare dreams and ambition without using "like" or "as" (similes), don't use apostrophes (addressing absent or inanimate as present), and no personification (giving human - like qualities to non - human things). They use metaphors to equate dreams with ambition and describe ambition as a shadow of a dream etc.