ghts and character masterfully. However, this passage makes very significant contributions to the pity and fear produced by the whole play. Containing poetic dictions and devices such as imageries, it conveys Hamlets thoughts thoroughly with particular emotional impact on the audiences mind. Then it reveals Hamlets virtues and tragic flaw to promote the audiences understand of Hamlet and provide the necessary information to feel pity and fear. Finally it provides the audience a chance to observe the critical turning point of the play, where Hamlets tragic discovery and downfall sets off its way toward his death, despite his many virtues and desperate attempt to hold on to them. The understanding of Hamlets thoughts and virtues arouse pity for Hamlet, and the knowledge of his tragic flaw and the reason of delay bring about the fear, which together make Hamlet one of the greatest tragedies in the history of English literature....
