Rhetorical Devices In Claudius's Speech

Each character in Shakespeare’s play has distinct purpose on which they provide different environment using different rhetorical devices. In Hamlet, however, there are distinct characters who just gives one-dimensional, direct statements while couple gives multidimensional, deep statements to look more sophisticated. Claudius in particular uses all five rhetorical devices to not only make him look not only a nice man of heart, but also a strong leader in his speech. In the beginning of the speech, Claudius begins with common appeal to bring everyone’s attention. He briefly mentions his brother’s death and logically follows by stating the reason why he had to become the next king. By stating “…holding a weak supposal of our worth