Explain how Shakespeare uses literary elements (irony, tone, mood) to develop two or more themes in the text. Use evidence from the text to support your explanation.
Has your heart ever been broken? In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, how could Hamlet be so cruel to Ophelia? Ophelia told Laertes that Hamlet was touching her waist and kissing her. Later on Hamlet told Ophelia that he no longer loved her. Throughout the play Shakespeare uses irony, mood, and tone to develop the themes of unrequited love and betrayal. In Act 3 scene 1 Shakespeare uses situational irony to show how Hamlet no longer loved Ophelia. Hamlet tells Ophelia “If you marry, I’ll give you this curse as your wedding present—be as clean as ice, as pure as the driven snow, and you’ll
Has your heart ever been broken? In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, how could Hamlet be so cruel to Ophelia? Ophelia told Laertes that Hamlet was touching her waist and kissing her. Later on Hamlet told Ophelia that he no longer loved her. Throughout the play Shakespeare uses irony, mood, and tone to develop the themes of unrequited love and betrayal. In Act 3 scene 1 Shakespeare uses situational irony to show how Hamlet no longer loved Ophelia. Hamlet tells Ophelia “If you marry, I’ll give you this curse as your wedding present—be as clean as ice, as pure as the driven snow, and you’ll