Ok so we just finished reading Hamlet for my school...and we're writing an essay analyzing different rhetorical devices. What I ask is for someone to help me write an introduction and a conclusion for what I have written x.x Apparently, my mind isn't thinking straight and I can't really come up with something good. Please help me! I'm using allusion, metaphor, and diction (or word choice).
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In Shakespeare's play, readers almost always encounter a soliloquy. In Hamlet, the writer uses diction to establish Hamlet's state of mind. Hamlet uses the word "sullied" to describe his mother, which generally means filthy and/or foul. However, figuratively speaking, Hamlet is stating that his other, Gertrude, is soiled (or stained) with sin. This sin being re-marrying and betraying her late-husband (Hamlet's father).
"Tis an unweeded garden." In this quote, Hamlet is referring to Gertrude and Claudius's marriage, comparing it to a place covered in tangles of rank weeds that do not cease to grow, spouting more and more sin as they mature. This is wehre Hamlet believes that sin gets passed down from parent to child; from Gertrude to himself. Just like the original sin, this one will also be shared by generations if not stopped.
Hamlet makes a plethora of allusions throughout the play. At one point, he makes a reference to Niobe which in Greek mythology is grief stricken at the loss of her children. As punishment, the gods transformed her into a stone statue from which water continually flowed. With this statement, Hamlet is portraying his mother as a women without any remorse, for even an animal would've waited longer. Just like Niobe, Hamlet feels his mother will bring about the downfall of their family with her incestuous behavior. Using this, the reader can clearly see that Hamlet holds the institution of marriage as a sacred vow.
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In Shakespeare's play, readers almost always encounter a soliloquy. In Hamlet, the writer uses diction to establish Hamlet's state of mind. Hamlet uses the word "sullied" to describe his mother, which generally means filthy and/or foul. However, figuratively speaking, Hamlet is stating that his other, Gertrude, is soiled (or stained) with sin. This sin being re-marrying and betraying her late-husband (Hamlet's father).
"Tis an unweeded garden." In this quote, Hamlet is referring to Gertrude and Claudius's marriage, comparing it to a place covered in tangles of rank weeds that do not cease to grow, spouting more and more sin as they mature. This is wehre Hamlet believes that sin gets passed down from parent to child; from Gertrude to himself. Just like the original sin, this one will also be shared by generations if not stopped.
Hamlet makes a plethora of allusions throughout the play. At one point, he makes a reference to Niobe which in Greek mythology is grief stricken at the loss of her children. As punishment, the gods transformed her into a stone statue from which water continually flowed. With this statement, Hamlet is portraying his mother as a women without any remorse, for even an animal would've waited longer. Just like Niobe, Hamlet feels his mother will bring about the downfall of their family with her incestuous behavior. Using this, the reader can clearly see that Hamlet holds the institution of marriage as a sacred vow.
