Hamlet

CHARACTERS AND QUOTES Hamlet: First soliloquy: 'O that this too too sallied flesh would melt, thaw, and resolve itself into a dew'. Hamlet's pain is intensified by his knowledge of his restless father: first hint of foul play: Foul deeds will rise, though all earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. Entrance of the ghost: Marcellus: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark The ghost appears self centred, jealous and envious as he accuses Claudius …

…verse of Hamlet and the epic exaggeration of Pyrrus and Priam. Following the success of the Murder of Gonzago, Hamlet, triumphant and boastful, expresses jubilation in verse. imagery: dominating image is darkness, disease, rotting flesh: gravediggers scene. I should a fatted the regions kites with this slaves offal. word-play: punning, Hamlet during antic disposition, poison in jest dramatic irony: audience knows more than a character, during Hamlet's interviews with Ophelia and Gertrude, Polonius is listening.