Hamlet

Hamlet Hamlet Assignment “I heard thee speak…So proceed you.” At this time the players have just arrived and Hamlet begins to tell them what they will be performing. He asks the players for a passionate speech. He begins telling them about a speech he had ounce heard that he truly loved. The speech was that of Aeneid in which Aeneas tells Queen Dido the story of Phyrrus, whose father Achilles was killed at Rome. While telling the players this awful story, Hamlet uses powerful words displaying what Phyrrus must have felt during the murder of his father. This word usage of Hamlet shows the rage hamlet has against Claudius and also the distress of losing his father. For Instance, in the speech, Hamlet is so intrigued with this speech because it is very similar to the events in which his father was killed, and the aftermath of what happened in Denmark. Hamlet picking these particular lines from the play is not insignificant. Hamlet tries to point out that the story of Phyrrus is the way Denmark should have ended up. After Hamlets father died, Hamlet should have received the thrown and it should not hamlet, phyrrus, father, speech, story, after, death, very, should, players, himself, about, whose, telling, similar, questioning, powerful, now, killed, just, heard, father’s, denmark, dealing, country, black, being, begins, years, worth, words, word, while, whether, well-spoken