Hamlet, Part 2: Word Choice and Tone Answers

After analyzing the context, what is the next step the reader should take to determine the meaning of an unknown word?

Read the analysis of Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Shakespeare creates an anguished tone by repeating certain words in both Hamlet’s and the Ghost’s dialogue.

Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.Ghost: I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand an end ...