Imagery Flashcards
What time of language does S use ?
Figurative
Similes
Metaphors
Hyperbole
To describe something often through comparison with something different
Why does S use imagery?
To conjure up imaginary scenes
Add further meaning
Why are comparisons used ?
To connect separate images / ideas and suggest shared similarities
Ophelia’s description of hamlets mad acting
2,1
Made more terrifying by the simile that compared hamlets “piteous” look with the appearance of someone who had “been loosèd out of hell to speak of horror”
Madness more threatening
Allows audience to imagine what he looks like. Thank
Ghosts appearance
As if he has been released from the “sulphurous and tormenting flame” of hell
Significance of metaphors
Creates stronger link between separate ideas by saying something is something else
Metaphor of Denmark
“Denmark’s a prison”
Emphases claustrophobia he feels in court.
What happens when images are repeated
They become a motif / theme
Reoccurring images of Denmark
Images of Rot and
Disease
Makes Denmark look infected and sinful
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”
Claudius crime
“My offence is rank. It smells to heaven”
His sin is like a dead body
Hamlet simile
Compares Claudius to a “mildewed ear” which reminds the audience of the method of Claudiuss crimes
What language technique emphases the themes
Symbols
Object that represents an idea / then
Present on stage or mentioned by a character
Helps audience associate some of the attributes of the object with the idea its trying to convey
Yoricks skull
Represents 3 things
Literally part of the remained of yorick
Reminds us of what yorick was like when he was alive and it’s a symbol of death where the face of death is looking back.
Symbol of inevitability of death
Why does Shakespeare use personification
Add power/ meaning to plays dialogue - increases impact
