Part one of term paper
THis speech occurs at the end of II,ii after Hamlet has witnessed a travelling player recite lines from an old play dealing with the destructiopn of Troy. The lines relate to the grief of queen Hecuba for her husband, King Priam, killed by Pyrrhus. Hamlet is so impressed by the emotion engenderted by the actor thta he becomes critical of his ...

Part two of term paper
... of the Player's acting and then exclaims 'All for nothing!' Hecuba's name is given three times to stress Hamlet's incredulity at someone being so moved by the plight of a figure from ancient mythology and leads on to the hyperbole of 'drown the stage with tears'. This last point he applies to his own situation in the shortline 'Yet I' which forces the actor speaking pause before launching into the self condemnation of the next section. Here the alliteration of 'muddy, mettled' adds to the impres ...