Hamlet: Act IV Rhetorical Devices

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Across
  1. 1. “Not where he eats, but where he is eaten. A certain convocation of politic worms are e’en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet. (IV.3.22-24)
  2. 2. “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions…” (IV.5.83-84)
Down
  1. 1. “Besides, to be demanded of a sponge…Ay, sir, that soaks up the King’s countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end. He keeps them like an apple in the corner of his jaw, first mouthed, to be last swallowed. When he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again.” (IV.2.12-21)
  2. 3. “Laertes, was your father dear to you? Or are you like the painting of a sorrow, A face without a heart?” (IV.7.122-124)
  3. 4. “Laertes, was your father dear to you? Or are you like the painting of a sorrow, A face without a heart?” (IV.7.122-124)
  4. 5. “By Gis and Saint Charity…” (IV.5.63)