Question

Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.

He tells me, my sweet queen, that he hath found
The head and source of all your son’s distemper.

The figurative language in these lines is an example of a metaphor and

an allusion.
a simile.
an apostrophe.
personification.

Answer 1

personification.

Explanation: The line uses a metaphor ("head and source" for the cause) and also personifies the abstract "distemper" by attributing it a human-like "head" or origin.