Hamlet Assignment #3

SOLILOQUY ANALYSIS:
Imagery that refers to the uncertainty of death- "To be, or not to be? That is the
 question-"(3.1.57).

Imagery referring to the negative experiences of life-"The heart-ache and the thousand 
natural shocks"(3.1.63).
Appeals:

Logos: "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous
 fortune"(3.1.59).

Pathos: "The grant and sweat under a weary life" (3.1.80). "Thus conscious does make 
cowards of us all"(3.1.86).

Literary Devices:

-Paradox: Paradox implies that Hamlet's conclusion about life and death is senseless

-Synecdoche: Helps to emphasis the protagonist (Hamlet)'s thoughts and emotions in the 
soliloquy

-Tone: The tone of the soliloquy is serious and full of despair. Hamlet isn't contemplating 
suicide, instead he 
philosophically ponders the purpose of life for a human being in general

-Diction: The choice of serious words and phrases such as 'pangs' and 'despised' in the 
soliloquy emphasizes the
 despair of the scene and also Hamlet's philosophical thoughts on the purpose of a human 
being's life

-Metaphor: Helps the audience make connections and understand what Hamlet is talking 
about and the meaning 
of his speech-----"Or to take arms against a sea of troubles" (3.1.60), "The slings and arrows 
of outrageous fortune" (3.1.59).

Comparisons:

Life on earth: "The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns"(3.1.67).

-After life: "But that the dread of something after death"(3.1.81).

-Death: "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come" (3.1.68).

-Human: "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all" (3.1.86).

-Thinking: "Must give us pause. There's the respect that makes calamity of so long life”
 (3.1.70-71).

Eternal philosophical question Hamlet ponders: The purpose of life for a human being
 "To be, or not to be?
That is the question-"(3.1.57).

Conclusion: "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, and thus the native hue of
 resolution is sicklied 

o'er with the pith cost of thought" (3.1.84-86).