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John Monroe Allusion In Hamlet

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Alliteration is used two times throughout the soliloquy to represent one’s emotional state of being and one’s mental state of processing things. For example: In line number 5 “A love so riveting ruthless and right we would be Europe’s glistening stars” narrated how Ophelia saw her relationship with Hamlet so outworldly that they would be Europe’s most famous love story. Her mental state had her thinking that she and Hamlet could have been stars both figuratively and symbolically had they succeeded in finally being together. In line number 41 “Or is it just the voices of lonely souls whispering from my beaten bruised broken heart?” symbolizes just how many hardships her heart has endured ranging from Hamlet not trusting her anymore, her father forbidding …show more content…

F. Kennedy. Lacing the names of these two women together serves as a difficult conundrum for the readers. Assonance is depicted in lines 9-11 when Ophelia somberly says “ He is too busy entertaining the ladies of the court in bed/Leaving me all alone with a parched throat for love and recognition/That I will never get”. The words that are being partially rhymed in this verse is bed-get. Connotation is demonstrated when the imagery of thunder and lightning is narrated in lines 14-16, starting from “ While I stand in silence, outside, of the deafening sound of thunder cracking/And lighting flashing that has me screaming for mercy”. The image of a thunderstorm is associated to one’s mental state of how they’re doing in terms of processing emotions and what they’re feeling. Pathos was used in showing just how lonely Ophelia was when she said “ I am alone with nobody whom I can call home”. Knowing she has nobody else in her life she can count on moves people to pity and remorse because of how estranged a young girl has

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