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literary devices in claudius' soliloquy
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"Be soft as sinews of the newborn babe"
Dictionary
a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will: a liking or preference; a tendency toward a certain condition or action
inclination
forestalled
to prevent by doing something ahead of time; to act in advance of: anticipate
gilded
touched by gold; guilty; to make seem more valuable or attractive than it is
- simile
limed
to smear (twigs, branches, etc) with birdlime
sinews
a source of strength, power or vigor; a tendon
"It hath the primal eldest curse upon't - A brother's murder"
(Line 37 - 38)
Claudius' Soliloquy:
Act III. Scene iii. 36-72.
"bosom black as death"
(Line 67)
"heart with strings of steel"
(Line 70)
- allusion
- simile
- metaphor
What if this cursed hand / Were thicker than itself with brother's blood / Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens / To wash it white as snow?"
(Line 43- 46)
- visual imagery
- simile
- allusion
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