Question
Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.
Horatio: Two nights together had these gentlemen,
Marcellus and Bernardo, on their watch,
In the dead vast and middle of the night,
Been thus encounter’d: a figure like your father,
Which words or phrases are denotations of the underlined word? Check all that apply.
came upon
conflict
unexpected
surprise
met with
Horatio: Two nights together had these gentlemen,
Marcellus and Bernardo, on their watch,
In the dead vast and middle of the night,
Been thus encounter’d: a figure like your father,
Which words or phrases are denotations of the underlined word? Check all that apply.
came upon
conflict
unexpected
surprise
met with
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- came upon
- met with
Explanation: "Encounter'd" here means "met" or "came upon" (they met a figure). It does not literally mean "conflict," "surprise," or "unexpected" (those are connotations or different senses).
- met with
Explanation: "Encounter'd" here means "met" or "came upon" (they met a figure). It does not literally mean "conflict," "surprise," or "unexpected" (those are connotations or different senses).
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