Literary device glossary #9 Neal Chapman
Quote: I must be cruel only to be kind: Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind. (act 3, scene 4)
Oxymoron: a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings.
Connection: Hamlet has just kill Polinious because he was behind the curtain and Hamlet thought that it was his step-dad. he was talking with his mother when he heard movement and pulled out his sword and stabbed without any thought. he obviously was a little saddened when he kill Polinious because his daughter, Ophelia, is the love of his life. after he murdered Polinous he went into a long speech towards his mother to try and prove that he in fact is not crazy. to be cruel only to be kind is a oxymoron because cruel and kind are opposites.
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