begins thewith an exclamation, immediately followed by a . Thebuilds further in the
long sentence that begins:
Now, whether it
be
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple
Of thinking too precisely on the
event€¦
to the insistent polysyndeton at the end, which
increases the force of s self-reproach by emphasizing the factors that favor revenge:
Sith I have cause and will and strength and means
To
do't.
The tone of thethat follows (gross as earth) only
increases the sense of Hamlets self-disgust which is evident throughout the passage. The
contrasts in language between his descriptions of("a delicate and tender prince") and
the troops he leads ("this army of such mass and charge") along with the
overblown("death and danger dare") and final bathos ("Even for an
egg-shell") may ridicule the Norwegian, but their primary effect is to deprecate Hamlet,
since he has failed to do as well as Fortinbras in revenging...
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