FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Allusion
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Alliteration
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Allegory
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Antithesis
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet is alluding to a passage from the bible (Psalms chapter 14, verse 4): “Man is like a thing of nought: his time passeth away like a shadow.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius is the Serpent Older beliefs are that serpents are wise, and not just subtle or cunning. People believed that the serpent in the garden was trying to bring true wisdom and divinity to Adam and Eve, like those believing that Claudius is a great king.
Detailed explanation-3: -Allusion Examples in Hamlet: Bernardo suggests that while Neptune was certainly very powerful, his empire was still beholden to the moon, “the moist star, ” who held sway over the tides. Julius Caesar was a famed Roman Emperor and the subject of Shakespeare’s tragedy of the same name.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet makes several allusions comparing his father to some figures from classical mythology. Hyperion was one of the Titans, the first generation of Greek gods who preceded the more well-known gods of Mount Olympus. Jove was the king of the Roman gods, Mars the god of war, and Mercury the messenger god.