In act 1, scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, what literary devices in Hamlet's soliloquy help characterize him?

At the
beginning of the ,complains that God has "fix'd / his canon 'gainst self-slaughter."
The metaphorical canon is, of course, a powerful weapon and indicates that 's desperation to
commit suicide can only be frustrated by such a large, powerful weapon.

Hamlet also uses listing when he lists adjectives to describe his depression. He says
that the world is "weary, stale, flat and unprofitable." The listing here creates a
cumulative impact. Each adjective has negative connotations, and these negative connotations are
compounded and emphasized with each adjective. This reflects Hamlet's depression, and how he
feels that misery is piled upon misery after misery.

Hamlet again uses awhen
he refers to his life as "an unweeded garden." Weeds are unwanted and often harmful
plants. They also reduce crop yield, or growth of more desirable plants, by competing with them
for natural resources. Hamlet's life is thus an "unweeded garden" because it is full
of undesirable...