Hamlet Style Analysis

Hamlet Style Analysis

In the play Hamlet there are two kings, both brothers, one dead because of the actions of another. Both the old and the new kings interpret this harsh murder very differently. William Shakespeare uses diction, imagery, and tone in the speeches of both kings to bring out these very different emotions about the same crime.
When old Hamlet is speaking about the murder he describes it as, “Oh horrible, oh horrible, most horrible!” During his whole speech to young Hamlet, he upholds a very angry and revengeful tone. He calls Claudius, his brother, an “incestuous, adulterate beast.” He feels very betrayed that “by a brother’s hand” he was killed and “cut off even in the blossoms of his sin.” This means that more than anything he is upset that Claudius, knowingly, killed him before he even got to repent for his sins, which condemned him to hell. Shakespeare also uses a great deal of imagery of the murder to show how upset and disgusted th...