Question

Which phrases in this excerpt from act III, scene I, of Hamlet show Shakespeare's use of similes?

If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go. Farewell. Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. To a nunnery, go, and quickly too. Farewell.

Answer 1

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow

Answer 2

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, is the sentence which uses similes. Similes are figures of speech that compare one thing to another thing. In this sentence Shakespeare is comparing a person's character to ice that is as pure as snow.