FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Alliteration
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Metaphor
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Personification
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Detailed explanation-1: -’ When Hamlet says Rosencrantz is a sponge, he is accusing Rosencrantz of doing whatever Claudius asks him to do. Hamlet is accusing Rosencrantz of being a pushover and a blind follower.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this metaphor, Claudius’s accusations against Hamlet could come back to hurt him, just as an arrow made from too light a wood could be blown back by the wind to harm the archer.
Detailed explanation-3: -He calls Rosencrantz a “sponge . . . that soaks up the king’s countenance, his rewards, his authorities, ” and warns him that “when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again” (IV. ii. 11–19).
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet calls Rosencrantz and Guildenstern “sponges". Sponges don’t have backbones and when they are squeezed, their usefulness goes down. He uses this metaphor against Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, basically saying that once Claudius has no need for them, he will let them go.