Question

Excerpt from Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,

Seem to me all the uses of this world!

Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,

That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature

Part A

Which image in the passage refers to the Book of Genesis?

garden

nature

rank

seed
Part B

How has the author transformed the image from the Book of Genesis?

The speaker is old and tired.

The garden is unpleasant and overgrown.

The seeds will not grow properly.

There are too many people in the world.

Answer 1

For Part A, the answer would be "garden", as the passage is an allegory towards the Garden of Eden in the Bible. For Part B, it would be the second answer, that the garden is unpleasant, because he describes the garden as unweeded.