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1. Read through Hamlet’s ‘To be, or not to be’ soliloquy

2. Find an example of one of these figurative devices:

Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration

Personification

Imagery

Hyperbole

Oxymoron

Symbolism

Idiom

3. Create a post in the appropriate section for your figurative device

4. In your post:

Quote the example from the text

Explain how this device contributes to the soliloquy’s theme of life, death, and suffering

Post in your groups assigned note color

Remember : You can add multiple posts if you find different types of figurative language!

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Metaphor: Direct comparison (Ex: Life is a roller coaster 🤪)

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Simile: Comparing using 'like' or 'as' (Ex: Her voice was as smooth as silk)

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Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things (Ex: The wind whispered)

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Hyperbole: Extreme exaggeration (Ex: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse) - Please don't actually eat a horse...

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Idiom: Common phrases with non-literal meanings (Ex: It's raining cats and dogs)

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Alliteration: Repetition of the initial consonant sounds (Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)

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Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction (Ex: 'Deafening silence' or 'Imperfect perfection')

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Symbolism: The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities (Ex: A dove as a symbol of peace, or a heart to represent love)

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'to take arms against a sea of troubles'  

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'to take arms against a sea of troubles'  

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this metaphor shows how our problems and stress can get us very overwhelmed and feel like the trouble is never ending.

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'For in that sleep of death what dreams may come'

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'For in that sleep of death what dreams may come'