1. Hamlet Metaphor
While Hamlet is mad, he kills his love interest Ophelia's father, Polonius. ... In Hamlet's first soliloquy, he states that the world is "an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature possess it merely (1.2.135-137)." Like a spreading weed in a garden, the world is being spread with disease, all starting with the incestuous marriage of Gertrude and Claudius. ... He continues on, telling her that she left king Hamlet for a scumbag, Claudius, and comparing her love for Claudius to making love in a sweaty, greasy pigsty. ...
In saying that Denmark is an "unweeded garden, that grows to seed; things rank in nature possess it merely" Hamlet compares his home country, even the world, to a garden that has been infested by things dismal by nature. ... Hamlet illustrates the love he has for his deceased father, and then wonders the question "Must I remember?" ... 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. ...
In the soliloquy hamlet refers to his world as useless or disgraceful His speech is full of words that suggest rot and corruption which is shown with words like "gross" (I,II, 138) and he also refers to his world as an "unweeded garden" all this shows how unstable hamlets state of mind is since he can't seem to think of anything good about the world he lives in which is caused by his fathers death and his mother remarrying so quickly to King Hamlet's brother which disgust Hamlet and makes him disgusted by the weakness of his mother. ... When Ophelia will reject Hamlet's love it ...
during the beginning of the play and "As woman's love" after Ophelia has said the prologue is too brief. ... When the Player King falls asleep in a chair as Hamlet carries it with "He poisons him i" th" garden for his estate... You shall see anon how the murderer gets the love of [the king's] wife." ...
Throughout time, society has been vulnerable to betrayal, whether it's President Nixon with the Watergate scandal or LeBron James taking his talents to an overpowered team. When faced with betrayal, people often feel deceived by the ones closest to them. This is the case in William Shakespeare's pla...