Themes And Characters

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“A play write is defined by his ability to entertain an audience.” Shakespeare is the most famous play-write in history because of this point, his ability to entertain an audience. He writes in a style that was understood and entertaining to all classes of people, he accomplished this by incorporating a wide ranged vocabulary, a rhythmic syntax, humor, metaphor and detail into his style of writing. Shakespeare is one of the most acclaimed and well-read authors of our time, his style has been analyzed by thousands of intelligent individuals, but it has yet to be mastered. It is a style replicable by no other, one that utilizes every branch of style to entertain his audience. The writings of Shakespeare show a wide range of stylistic devices, all of which he uses to subtly expand on his characters traits and the themes of his stories. William Shakespeare’s style of writing in the play Hamlet is the most influential element in developing the deep and complex themes and characters of the play.
Shakespeare’s diction is the most influential aspect of his style. He uses it to familiarize his audience with his characters, and to deepen the thought and feeling of important themes. “Of all the authors in the English language he is without doubt the one with the most extensive and richest vocabulary. He draws from all areas of language and from all registers.” (Michel Delville) Shakespeare writes with a diction written to be preformed by an actor to an audience, he uses this to his advantage to show insight into character without direct description. By his word choice Shakespeare can show a characters intelligence or ignorance simply by how they speak. When Shakespeare writes dialogue for an intelligent character such as Hamlet, he writes with a vast vocabulary and proper grammar. “It goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave overhanging firmament, this...