Literary Devices
Literary Devices

1.Stay, speak, speak, I charge three speak. (Alliteration)

2. (Act1, Scene2, P.37) The lead could not be more closely related to the heart, as the mouth more indebted to the hand, then the throne of Denmark is to your father. (Metaphor)

3. (Act1, Scene2, P.39) It is no accident “sun” and “son” sound the same.              (Onomatopoeia)

4. (Act1, Scene2, P.43) If only too solid flesh would melt, thaw and turn itself into dew. (Hyperbole)

5. (Act1, Scene2, P.43) As the sun god is to a lascivious beast. (Smile)

6. (Act1, Scen2, P.43) He was so loving to my mother that he wouldn’t allow the wind to blow too roughly on her face. (Allusions)

7. (Act3, Scene1, P.149) If you’re as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, you wont avoid scandal. (Allegory)

8. (Act3, Scene2, P.157) Let flatters keep their sweet talk for the vanity of the great, and bow their ever-willing knees where there’s advantage to be gained from fawning. (Irony)

9. (Act3, Scene2, P.159) Eating the same food as chameleons: fresh air and empty promises. You can’t feed chickens like that. (Oxymoron)

10. (Act3, Scene2, P.171) The croaking raven is bellowing for revenge.
(Personification)

11. (Act3, Scene4, P.193) God’s face blushes over the world with sadness. (Imagery)

12. (Act3, Scene4, P.195) An eye like that of Mars, god of war, to threaten and command. (Personification)

13. (Act3, Scene4, P.197) Your words stab my ears like daggers. (Simile)
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