Pg. 742, line 41 to the end of the page.
Shakespeare’s use of figurative language helps to set the tone for the perspective scene. The language helps the reader get an image in their head and helps to relieve some tension from a heavy seen. When the ghost says, “O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there! From me, whose love was of that dignity that it went hand in hand even with the vow I made to her in marriage, and to decline upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor to those of mine” while the ghost is very long winded, his metaphor for his love for his wife gives a very intimate account of how his love was out of duty when it should have been for love. Further more, the ghost’s figurative speech help to make a simple point that he loved her for duty and she should not have married while his body was still warm into a more descriptive and entertaining speech and also matches Shakespeare in making his plays iambic pentameter.
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