passage analysis on Hamlets third soliloquy
passage analysis on Hamlets third soliloquy
Prompt: analyze the techniques used in hamlets third soliloquy in order to illustrate what is revealed about the speaker or illustrate the speakers mindset/issue. you
will answers these in the essay to help guide it. 1. What does the passage literally say? write a sentence-by-sentence paraphrase of the passage. 2. What is the
context of the speech? what has happened before the speech is made? To whom is the speech directed? 3. What does the speech reveal about the speaker? What does it
reveal, if anything about the person spoken to or about? 4. What events or event, if anything is foreshadowed in the speech? 5. Are there any ironic aspects to the
speech? If so, explain the irony. 6. What is the speaker′s motivation? Are his/her intentions clear? 7. Which of the following figures of speech are found in the
passage: simile, metaphor, or personification? List the figure and explain it. 8. What words in the passage act to create a particular mood or feeling? Explain your
answer.