read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet. a dul...

read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet. a dull and muddy - mettled rascal, peak, like john - a - dreams, unpregnant of my cause, and can say nothing; no, not for a king, upon whose property and most dear life a damnd defeat was made. am i a coward? who calls me villain? breaks my pate across? plucks off my beard and blows it in my face? tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i the throat, as deep as to the lungs? who does me this? which of these lines uses a simile to make a comparison? a dull and muddy - mettled rascal, peak, like john - a - dreams, unpregnant of my cause, and can say nothing; no, not for a king, upon whose property and most dear life a damnd defeat was made. am i a coward? who calls me villain? breaks my pate across? plucks off my beard and blows it in my face? tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i the throat,

Answer

# Brief Explanations: A simile is a figure - of - speech that makes a comparison using "like" or "as". The line "A dull and muddy - mettled rascal, peak, Like John - a - dreams, unpregnant of my cause" uses "like" to compare the rascal to John - a - dreams. # Answer: A. A dull and muddy - mettled rascal, peak, Like John - a - dreams, unpregnant of my cause