The famous
opening line of thisis an example of . To ask "to be or not to be" is a softer, more
oblique way of saying "should I kill myself or not?"is questioning whether life or
death is preferable, but with the underlying intent of deciding whether or not to commit
suicide.
We can understand "the whips and scorns of time" asshowing
's depressed state of mind. He doesn't see life"time"as a good thing, as most would,
but as something that whips or beats him.
Assonance occurs when the same
vowel sound is repeated at beginning of more than one word in a line; we find assonance in the
following utterance:
The fair !Nymph, in thy orisons . .
.
Here, "Ophelia" and "orisons" both
begin with "o." Shakespeare could have used the more common word "prayer"
for "orisons," but it wouldn't have had the same soft effect as the repeated
vowel.
We find consonance,...
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