Quotes From 'The Grapes Of Wrath'
1. Unusual Word Arrangement:
a. Found when Marcellus speaks in Act One
i. “’Tis gone.
We do it wrong, being so majestical,
To offer it the show of violence,
For it is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery.” ii. “Stand and unfold yourself.”
2. Omissions:
a. “Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
Th’ extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine, and of the truth herein
This present object made probation.”
b. “When yond same star that’s westward from the pole
Had made his course t' illume that part of heaven”
3. Stichomythia:
a. “Why, what should be the fear?
I do not set my life in a pin’s fee,
And for my soul—what can it do to that,
Being a thing immortal as itself?
It waves me forth again. I’ll follow it.” …show more content…
b. BARNARDO:
“Who’s there?”
FRANCISCO:
“Nay, answer me.
Stand and unfold yourself.”
BARNARDO:
“Long live the king!”
FRANCISCO:
“Barnardo?”
BARNARDO:
“He!”
4. I think this tells the reader a lot of information, but one must read between the lines a little bit to truly understand. When Hamlet’s Mother utilizes the word “thou” she is not necessarily referring to her son, instead talking about someone else. On the other hand, when young Hamlet speaks with the word “you”, he is directly addressing his mother, and only her. Hamlet and his mother are sharing a little bit of tense conversations, and the audience is definitely privilege to that emotion through the tone.
5. Shakespeare uses many literary devices to demonstrate to the audience that there is indeed conflict between Hamlet and Gertrude. Shakespeare implements omissions, seen through “Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen, Th' imperial jointress to this warlike state” to show conflict. Furthermore, Hamlet uses an aside and states that “a little more than kin and less than kind” meaning that he cannot go where Claudius wishes him to. Claudius then asks why he is so gloomy, (“How is it that the clouds still hang on you?”) which shows Hamlet is still feeling emotion from the
argument.
a. Found when Marcellus speaks in Act One
i. “’Tis gone.
We do it wrong, being so majestical,
To offer it the show of violence,
For it is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery.” ii. “Stand and unfold yourself.”
2. Omissions:
a. “Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
Th’ extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine, and of the truth herein
This present object made probation.”
b. “When yond same star that’s westward from the pole
Had made his course t' illume that part of heaven”
3. Stichomythia:
a. “Why, what should be the fear?
I do not set my life in a pin’s fee,
And for my soul—what can it do to that,
Being a thing immortal as itself?
It waves me forth again. I’ll follow it.” …show more content…
b. BARNARDO:
“Who’s there?”
FRANCISCO:
“Nay, answer me.
Stand and unfold yourself.”
BARNARDO:
“Long live the king!”
FRANCISCO:
“Barnardo?”
BARNARDO:
“He!”
4. I think this tells the reader a lot of information, but one must read between the lines a little bit to truly understand. When Hamlet’s Mother utilizes the word “thou” she is not necessarily referring to her son, instead talking about someone else. On the other hand, when young Hamlet speaks with the word “you”, he is directly addressing his mother, and only her. Hamlet and his mother are sharing a little bit of tense conversations, and the audience is definitely privilege to that emotion through the tone.
5. Shakespeare uses many literary devices to demonstrate to the audience that there is indeed conflict between Hamlet and Gertrude. Shakespeare implements omissions, seen through “Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen, Th' imperial jointress to this warlike state” to show conflict. Furthermore, Hamlet uses an aside and states that “a little more than kin and less than kind” meaning that he cannot go where Claudius wishes him to. Claudius then asks why he is so gloomy, (“How is it that the clouds still hang on you?”) which shows Hamlet is still feeling emotion from the
argument.