Hamlets Depression

Throughout Hamlet, Shakespeare does not directly disclose his characters’ feelings. Instead, Shakespeare uses various literary devices to inform the reader of the character’s desires, feelings and emotions. Shakespeare uses literary devices such as metaphor, diction, metonymy and imagery to reveal Hamlet’s state of mind in this passage. By using these literary devices, Hamlet’s depressed and weary state of mind is easy to see. Hamlet first discusses his depression with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. …

…in the death of someone else. By using literary elements such as metonymy, diction, imagery and metaphor, Hamlet’s true mood is revealed. After all these literary elements are analyzed, Hamlet’s feelings can be better understood. The reader learns of Hamlet’s deep depression, with his references to prison, Doomsday and a bleak, barren world. Perhaps everything would be different in a later part of the book, as Hamlet’s emotions begin to change.