In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, literary devices such as foreshadowing, metaphor, and paradox, develop the ongoing theme of revenge in act one scene five. The play is about a young boy named Hamlet, who is brought home to attend his father, King Hamlet’s funeral. One night, a ghost, who is the spirit of his passed father, reveals himself to Hamlet. The ghost scene is a major turning point in the play, where the truth about the death of his father is developed, and the rest of the play…
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