Hamlet_Ethos_And_Rhetoric_Analysis

Hamlet Ethos And Rhetoric Analysis Hamlet: Ethos and Rhetoric Analysis Ben Martin In the excerpt from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, during Hamlet’s intense conversation with his mother over his father’s murder, there is much that can be learned by examining his ethos or character and analyzing his rhetorical patterns. Hamlet is a character that does not always show what he is feeling to others, but in this explosive conversation with his mother he attempts to shame her over his father’s death and you can learn a great amount about him by examining his ethos in this speech. At the beginning of Hamlets speech it is obvious that he is disgusted at what his mother has done that he just wants justice, which can be seen in a quote from his speech: You cannot call it love: for at your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it’s humble When Hamlet says this he is taking an extremely demanding tone with his mother as if he were just trying to make her realize the serious immorality in her actions. But the fact that Hamlet is choosing to ridicule his mother’s love life just shows how passionate he feels, as if to say that he did not want to loose another hamlet, mother, speech, ethos, wording, through, quote, powerful, over, just, hamlet’s, father’s, character, analogies, trying, shows, shame, rhetoric, realize, intense, husband, feels, examining, death, conversation, clearly, time, taking, straightforward, serious, seems, says, point, play, passionate