Speech patterns in Hamlet:

Shakespeare intentionally utilizes speech pattern to reflect the thoughts and actions of all the characters in his plays, especially this one.  Claudius speaks with firm authority.  This authority figure-like speech reflects how he makes quick decisions such as potentially beheading Macbeth on a ship sailing toward England.  Ophelia, in disbelief that her now former lover has gone "mad" has a certain desperate tone, as she constantly looks to her father, Polonius for help.  Speaking of Polonius, he in fact speaks WAY too much.  His words take up an entire page, when they really should only take up a line or two at most.  Queen Gertrude has a distant and subservient tone and manner.  She seems a little distant (probably because her husband just passed) and does whatever Claudius says.  Finally, Macbeth, acting mad, has an extremely bitter, sorrowful, and angry tone.  He is angry for his mother for hastily marrying his uncle, because he is not allowed to see Ophelia anymore, and that his father was potentially murdered.