Essay On Hamlet Figurative Language

Hamlet is an impactful work with many forms of figurative language. This can be utilized to the advantage of writers today, as an aid in creating their own works. Foster’s manual for reading literature like a professor incorporates Hamlet as a tool in making new original works. There are concepts that are similar within Hamlet and “How to Read Literature Like a Professor”, as in the chapters pertaining to vampirism and violence in “How to Read Literature like a Professor”. One of the concepts that connects Hamlet to Foster, is the meaning of ghosts. Foster says ghosts (and other “scary favorites”) have to do with selfishness and refusal to respect other people. However, Foster also says on rare occasions do ghosts appear for the sake of others, rather than themselves. The story of Hamlet falls under this category of rareness. The king appears to Hamlet and tells him that he was murdered by Claudius. Nonetheless,

There are several acts of violence throughout Hamlet. In fact, Hamlet’s main goal is to seek revenge on Claudius by killing him, thus the whole play is essentially revolving around a violent act. When Hamlet kills Polonius (Act III, scene IV) he does this in spite of Claudius. Hamlet does not know that he kills Polonius until after he commits the act, he actually thought he was killing Claudius. This symbolizes the will and strength Hamlet has to fulfill his father’s last wish. Foster makes a significant point in saying that violence is thematic, because at the end of Hamlet nearly everyone dies of a violent act (Act V). It ends up being very theatrical, especially with gertrude accidentally drinking poisoned wine. The only two characters to remain are Fortinbras and Horatio. Horatio also wants to commit suicide, but Hamlet needs him to tell his tale. The violence was prolonged since the beginning of Hamlet's story, in the end it showed dysfunctionality in the Denmark