5 phrases

1.      “To be, or not to be” In this soliloquy Hamlet is thinking about suicide or overcoming the death of his father. In this soliloquy there is a lot of repetition and pauses which express Hamlet’s slow thinking process and decision-making, he then starts to over-think about this circumstance later in the soliloquy
2.      “Graveyard” The graveyard provokes the gloomy setting because at this point in the play, a lot of characters are unexpectedly dying. At the graveyard, Hamlet speaks to the skull of Ophelia, which illuminates the death theme in the play as well.
3.      “Fishmonger” When Hamlet taunts Polonius; Hamlet belittles Polonius when he calls him a fishmonger; since a fishmonger is an underclassman or “procurer.”
4.      “Do it, England” This is when Claudius is alone on stage and he expressed his hatred for Hamlet. He states that Hamlet is like a disease to his well-being and that Hamlet must die in England. “England” is personified as the solution to Claudius’ revenge.
5.      “The play’s the thing” Hamlet cleverly establishes the play The Murder of Gonzago to ‘trap’ Claudius. The play ‘is the thing’ to reveal Claudius as the murder of Hamlet’s father and, when established, Hamlet can take then avenge his father.