Hamlet... “I Hear Thee Speak..so Proceed You.“

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"I heard thee speak…So proceed you."
At this time the players have just arrived and Hamlet begins to tell them what they will be performing. He asks the players for a passionate speech. He begins telling them about a speech he had ounce heard that he truly loved. The speech was that of Aeneid in which Aeneas tells Queen Dido the story of Phyrrus, whose father Achilles was killed at Rome. While telling the players this awful story, Hamlet uses powerful words displaying what Phyrrus must have felt during the murder of his father. This word usage of Hamlet shows the rage hamlet has against Claudius and also the distress of losing his father. For Instance, in the speech, Hamlet is so intrigued with this speech because it is very similar to the events in which his father was killed, and the aftermath of what happened in Denmark. Hamlet picking these particular lines from the play is not insignificant. Hamlet tries to point out that the story of Phyrrus is the way Denmark should have ended up. After Hamlets father died, Hamlet should have received the thrown and it should not have been given over to his uncle. When reading the story of Phyrrus you can easily assess that what Phyrrus was going through was very similar to what Hamlet was dealing with also. He was dealing with the loss of a father and was all of a sudden put into a position that he would never have thought he was face for many years. His guard was let down, and his inner feelings just weren't the same. Throughout the course of this speech it talks about how Phyrrus went from being very influential and powerful to fragile and unaware after the death of his father.
"The rugged Phyrrus, he whose sable arms, Black as his purpose, did the night resemble." This indicates that before his father's death, he was in total control of himself and the country. However later in the speech it states Phyrrus's state after his father was murdered. "Hath now this dread and ...