What metaphors are used in Hamlet by William Shakespeare?

Asked by bookragstutor on 20 Aug 04:18

Last updated by Cat on 10 Apr 20:17

Answered by Cat on 10 Apr 20:17

The most famos metaphor in Hamlet is his "To be or not to be speech" in Act 3 sc 1.

"To die: to sleep; / No more; and by a sleep to say we end / The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to."

Sleep becomes a metaphor for death.