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GDaniotti - Hamlet's denotative analysis
by - (2009-11-26)
Up to Hamlet: one of W. Shakespeare's Greatest Tragedies
DENOTATIVE ANALYSIS
The first scene from act third is about a dialogue between Hamlet and his mother.
He shows to her the portrait of his father and for each part of the portrait he associates a metaphor which refers to a god.
After that he starts talking about his mother's new husband; he uses similars to compare him to a mildewed ear.
He wants to convey his mother the idea that her new husband is inferior than her former one; he describes him as a "murder and a villain", "a vice of kings" and "a cutpurse of the empire and the rule ".
The mother transmits a sense of sadness and nostalgia through her words, Hamlet communicates angry and disgust.