Imagry refering to uncertainty of death: "To die, to sleep;/To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;/For in that sleep of death what dreams may come" (Lines 9-11)
"But that the dread of something adfer death,/The undiscover'd country from whose bourn/No traveller returns, puzzles the will" (Lines 23-25)
Identify imagery that refers to the negative experiences of life: "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageousfortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,/And by opossing end them?" (Lines 2-5)
"there's the respect/That makes calamity of so long life;/For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,/The oppressor's wrong" (Lines 13-16)
Things Hamlet uses to convince and/or motivate his audience: Ethos: "With this regard their currents turn awry,/And lose the name of action." (Lines 32-33)
Pathos: "To be, or not to be: that is the question" (Line 1)
Literary Devices:
Paradox: "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,/And by opossing end them?" (Lines 4-5) These lines are significant because it is not only a paradox (comparing taking arms against something to cause an end of actions/end of existence), but it also shows how his mind is going - to resist the suffering, or to take arms against it and end it as it is trying to end him.
Parallelism (?): "The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,/The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,/The insolence of office and the spurns" (Lines 16-18). These lines help to reinforce his lines that he's speaking - the repeated 'the' draws attention to the lines, as well as to possibly cause the pacing of the lines to increase as he goes on.
The infinitive: "To die, to sleep;/To sleep: perchance to dream" (Lines 9-10). These
lines are significant because the repeated 'to' draws attention to the
line. It also is Hamlet talking of how death is akin to sleep, and the
repeated words help to reinforce it as well.
Tone: The overall tone of Hamlet's soliloquy helps to give the feeling of a sort of internal look while also giving Hamlet a chance to speak what is on his mind - and how he feels of things at the time. The tone itself is almost morose, or perhaps a bit upset. After all, he is feeling terrible, and is struggling to not end himself.
Diction: The diction of the piece also helps to set it out from Hamlet's usual talk. It is a bit more elevated than his usual way of talking, using many, many poetic terms and interesting words, such as "consummation" (line 8), "bodkin" (line 21), and others.
Metaphor: The metaphors in the piece are used to speak of things indirectly, such as Hamlet's desires and whatnot. It creates interest in what the reader is reading, and causes them to have to analyze what they read to figure out what it means.
Two Primary Metaphors: "To die: to sleep;/No more; and by a sleep to say we end/The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks/That flesh is heir to" (Lines 5-8) #1: Comparing death to sleep
"The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" (Line 3) #2: Comparing slings and arrows to the problems that he's been facing - or suffering through.
Life on Earth: "mortal coil" (Line 12)
Afterlife: "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;/For in that sleep of death what dreams may come/When we have shuffled off this mortal coil" (Lines 10-12)
Death: "To die: to sleep;/No more" (Lines 5-6)
Humans: "For those who would bear the whips and scorns of time,/The opressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely" (Lines 15-16)
Thinking: "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all" (Line 28)
Three oppositions: (?)
Eternal Philosophical Questions: "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,/And by opposing end them?" (Lines 2-5)
"To be, or not to be" (Line 1)
Conclusions: "And enterprises of great pith and movement/With this regard their currents turn awry,/And lose the name of action" (Lines 31-33)
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