... murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words. Here, audiences may experience a great sense of compassion and understanding, and thus align themselves with Hamlet. Throughout this Act II soliloquy, audiences become further aware of the tragic flaw in our hero. "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!" We see Hamlet openly attack himself ... within the macrocosm. Undeniably, an immense feeling of poetic irony is experienced by audiences at this point. Again, we may view this romantic depiction of Denmark as a euphemistic depiction of ...

• Word Count: 2581
• Approx Pages: 10

... end. Something disturbing is felt in the imagery of darkness created metaphorically by comparing memory to a darkened theater coupled with the masturbatory stroking by the man. The initial short sound of the first vowel (i) in the word "in" repeated throughout the first stanza and in the name of the poem (A Castle In Lynn) emphasizes to the reader the act of intercourse; a man putting his penis in a woman over and over. ... license to men like Linda McCarriston's father to heap abuse and violence on his family. The irony here is in the royalty metaphor as her father had no castle or kin...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... end. Something disturbing is felt in the imagery of darkness created metaphorically by comparing memory to a darkened theater coupled with the masturbatory stroking by the man. The initial short sound of the first vowel (i) in the word "in" repeated throughout the first stanza and in the name of the poem (A Castle In Lynn) emphasizes to the reader the act of intercourse; a man putting his penis in a woman over and over. ... license to men like Linda McCarriston's father to heap abuse and violence on his family. The irony here is in the royalty metaphor as her father had no castle or kin...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School