Analyse the use of comedy in Hamlet, pay particular attention to the gravediggers, Osric, and Polonius.

In "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare. comedy is used to convey the characters feelings and thoughts and also adds humor to the play.

Explanation:

The manner in which Gravediggers, Osric and Polonius speak, is very unique in "Hamlet", they all speak with truth but the mannerism in which they speak is very unique. the scenes in hamlet are diversified, their is the merriment aspect of the play, the solemnity. their is a great sense of humor in 'Hamlet' making it a very unique work of Shakespeare. for instance, the pretense of being mad by mad causes laughter.

In "Hamlet", comedy is the drawing point. it makes the play entertaining, fun as well as intuitive and adds comic relief. the tragedies in the play are actually seen as humor in reality.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)