Read the extract and answer the question As thou art to thyself: Such was the very armour he had on When he the amitious Norway combated; So frown'd he once...

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Read the extract and answer the question

As thou art to thyself:
Such was the very armour he had on
When he the amitious Norway combated;
So frown'd he once, when , in an angry parle,
He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice....
(Act 1, Scene one, lines 59-63)

The passage conveys an atmosphere of