Throughout the passage from Hamlet, Act III, Scene 4, Shakespeare uses envious and malignant tones as he carefully engages his writing with powerful poetic techniques and literary devices to draw his readers into the characterization of Hamlet as a grotesque. individual. Shakespeare uses the devices of stichomythia, repetition and antithesis intact with his precise diction, adequate syntax and artificial imagery to illustrate the conflict between Hamlet's mother and himself. Therefore, Shakespeare creates an agonizing mother-son relationship, to harass Gertrude for her sins and trick her into feeling guilty or confessing fully. With that said, Shakespeare uses his extraordinary diction to contrast his recent "father" figure Claudius, to his real deceased father. Therefore, when considering both Hamlet's words and phrases, words such as "bad tongue", "hypocrite", and "false" are used to symbolize and represent Gertrude and her sensitivity. Although Hamlet loved Gertude very much, a large amount of remorse and sorrow remained in his body all this time....