Rhetorical Devices
Parallelism
the use of identical or matching grammatical structures for related words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence
who is Claudius
The new King of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle and stepfather
what is Antithesis
rhetorical device that places two strongly contrasting or opposing ideas side by side using a balanced, parallel grammatical structure
Horatio
Hamlet’s loyal, rational friend from the university at Wittenberg who survives to tell the prince's story
what is Anaphora
literary device where a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or poetic lines
who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Hamlet’s former school friends who are recruited by Claudius to spy on him
Metonymy
a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else that is closely related or associated with it.
what is wrong about the ghost
he is contradictory
Epistrophe
a figure of speech in which the same word or group of words is repeated at the end of successive clauses, sentences, or poetic lines
what is Fortinbras doing
getting a army to go to denmark