| for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so | paradox, hamlet to rosencrantz |
| “Thanks Guildenstern and gentle Rosencrantz” Thanks Rosencrantz and gentle guildenstern | chiasmus, queen gertrude and king claudius to rosenctantz and guildenstern |
| As the indifferent children of the earth. | antithesis, rosencrantz to hamlet |
| Excellent well. You are a fishmonger. | verbal irony, Hamlet to Polonius |
| “A little more than kin, and less than kind” | aside, Hamlet in aside while with Claudius |
| “Not so, my lord for I am to much in the son” | pun, Hamlet to Claudius |
| “This above all: To thine own self be true” | aphorism, Polonius to Laertes |
| “O, that this too too sullied flesh would melt, thaw, and resolve itself into a dew…” | soliloquy, hamlet to himself |
| ghost , bad omens | motif |
Hamlet Act 1 and 2 literary device examples
August 15, 2019