Throughout Hamlet, Shakespeare does not directly disclose his characters' feelings. Instead, Shakespeare uses various literary devices to inform the reader of the character's desires, feelings and emotions. Shakespeare uses literary devices such as metaphor, diction, metonymy and imagery to reveal Hamlet's state of mind in this passage. By using these literary devices, Hamlet's depressed and weary state of mind is easy to see.
Hamlet first discusses his depression with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. He describes the land of Denmark a
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