Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet. Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain! O! vengeance! The figurative language in these lines is an example of

a metaphor.

a simile.

an apostrophe.

personification.

Answer: C) An apostrophe.

Explanation: In literature, an apostrophe is a figure of speech that consists in a character speaking directly to someone who is not present, someone who is dead or an inanimate object. Sometimes it is represented by an exclamation, such as "Oh." In the given excerpt from Act II of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, we can see an example of an apostrophe, because the speaker is talking directly to the vengeance.

c) an apostrophe.