Claudius’s reaction advances the central conflict of the play because?
a) he encourages laertes to seek revenge against hamlet.
b) offers forgiveness for laertes’s impulsive action.
c) suggests a peaceful resolution to laertes’s conflict.
d) accepts the blame for polonius’s death

a) he encourages Laertes to seek revenge against Hamlet.

Explanation:

In Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Claudius sees in Polonious's death the perfect opportunity to get rid of his nephew Prince Hamlet. In that matter, he stimulates Polonious' son Laertes to come back and take revenge against Hamlet. Actually, Claudius fears that Hamlet suspects that he murdered his father King Hamlet and soon married the queen to move on quickly and make people forget their former king. As a result, Claudius has plenty of reasons to do away with Hamlet and wants to make sure that he dies during the duel with Laertes.

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explanation:

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)