Quote Analysis

1.) Speaker: Horatio

Plot: Horatio believes that the Ghost’s appearance will bring strange events to
Denmark.
Character: Horatio is portrayed here as a well educated man (scholar) as he has
knowledge of the Elizabethan Beliefs.
Device: Foreshadow: Horatio believes that something will happen in the future. Used
to show Elizabethan beliefs.

2.) Speaker: King Claudius

Plot: King Claudius is trying to make a good impression as he is conducting court
business for the first time at his coronation.
Character: Deceiving, he’s very good at hiding his true character/ Shows his
empathetic and sympathetic side.
Device: Antithesis: Contrast between the sad times of Old King Hamlet’s death and
the joy of marriage that Claudius and Gertrude went through.

3.) Speaker: Hamlet

Plot: King Claudius asked why Hamlet was still feeling gloomy, while Hamlet says
that he’s the complete opposite.
Character: King Claudius shows caring for Hamlet. Hamlet is smart with his choice
of words.
Device: Pun: shows that Hamlet is being sarcastic about him being happy, as he
really feels that King Claudius is now too closely related to him.

4.) Speaker: Hamlet

Plot: Hamlet is talking about how he disapproves of his mother’s marriage by
comparing his parents to an unweeded garden.
Character: Shows how much Hamlet cared about his father and how much he loves
him.
Device: Plant and nature imagery: used to compare Hamlet’s feelings of his parents.
5.) Speaker: Laertes
Plot: Laertes warns his sister, Ophelia, not to get too close to Hamlet and risk losing
her virginity.
Character: Laertes cares about his sister, shows his caring and protective side.
Shows that Ophelia is a typical teenager wanting to rebel against what is expected of
them.
Device: Nature Imagery: gives an example to warn Ophelia about what can happen
with her relationship with Hamlet.

6.) Speaker: Polonius

Plot: Polonius is giving advice to Laertes, he’s trying to prevent Laertes from making
him look bad. Telling him to dress appropriately because Polonius believes the
apparel often determines the man.
Character: Polonius is a selfish man, even when he gives advice to his son he’s
really only trying to benefit himself.
Device:

7.) Speaker: Hamlet

Plot: Hamlet is unsure of the intend of the ghost, whether he was sent for good or
evil.
Character: Hamlet is smart and doubtful, he doesn’t jump to conclusions, instead he
asks himself about the true intend of the ghost.
Device: Antitheses: to show that Hamlet is puzzled about the ghost being either good
or evil.

8.) Speaker: Marcellus

Plot: Marcellus believes that the ghost appearing is to reveal something bad that has
happened in the state of Denmark.
Character: Marcellus is suspicious
Device: Imagery of Decay: portraying that Denmark itself is slowly wilting.
9.) Speaker: Hamlet
Plot: Hamlet explains to his father’s ghost that from this point on, his sole purpose
will be for retribution of his father’s murder.
Character:
Device:

10.) Speaker: Hamlet

Plot: Hamlet is starting to regret his oath to his father to get revenge. He wished that
it was at another time with another son.
Character: Hesitant, lack of bravery or surety.
Device: