FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Exaggeration
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Rhyming
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Understatement
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Irony
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet compares his father to Claudius, saying, ‘’So excellent a king; that was to this, / Hyperion to a satyr. ‘’ He uses hyperbole here to compare his father to Hyperion, a Greek god who was the father of Helios the sun god.
Detailed explanation-2: -These literary devices include: Repetition. Metaphor. Simile.
Detailed explanation-3: -A hyperbole is used as a way to express exaggeration that isn’t meant to be taken literally. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, there are many examples of such exaggerations. One example is when Egeus claims that Demetrius has stolen his daughter’s heart.
Detailed explanation-4: -In his famous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare frequently uses hyperbole, typically as a way to show how intensely Romeo and Juliet love each other. He also uses hyperbole to discuss hatred and violence and to foreshadow the play’s tragic ending.