Asked by Bob

Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.

Guildenstern: Happy in that we are not over happy;
On Fortune’s cap we are not the very button.

Hamlet: Nor the soles of her shoe?

Rosencrantz: Neither, my lord.

What is being personified in this excerpt?

delight
prosperity
fashion
footwear

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Prosperity. “Fortune” (i.e., good luck/prosperity) is personified as wearing a cap and shoes.