In this soliloquy, Hamlet's second in the play, we again
see Hamlet in a very depressed state of mind. He has just witnessed the enactment of a
play by the Players and he can't help by compare himself to the actors and see himself
lacking.
Here are a few examples of the some the techinques
you will notice in this soliloquy:
He starts with a
metaphor, calling himself a "rogue and peasant slave."
Hamlet is a prince by birth, but his lack of action in revenging his father's death
makes him see himself as like someone from the lowest class of society. He is a slave
to his emotions and intellect instead of being the ruler of those things and he knows
that this is just part of his problem.
When he is talking
about the actor's performance he claims that the actor could "drown the stage with
tears." This is an example of hyperbole used to express
the extreme emotion shown by the actors for their
tale.
When Hamlet's anger rises at the thought of Claudius
he calls him a "Bloody, bawdy villian." The alliteration
here draws attention and emphasis to the adjectives he is using to
describe Claudius.
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