Hamlet's soliloquy shows how disgusted Hamlet is with Gertrude, Claudius and the world which is shown in the line "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the uses of this world"(I,II,133-134). It also reveals to us how saddened he is by his father's death whom he admired and looked up to and Hamlet's mothers marriage to Claudius just adds to Hamlet's grief over his father.
Hamlet's soliloquy provides a contrast to the restricted way he must talk to Claudius and the court holding back his true feelings over the situation. The main function of the soliloquy is to let the audience know the cause of hamlets troubles and misery. In the soliloquy hamlet refers to his world as useless or disgraceful His speech is full of words that suggest rot and corruption which is shown with words like "gross" (I,II, 138) and he also refers to his world as an "unweeded garden" all this shows how unstable hamlets state of mind is since he can't seem to think of anything good about the world he lives in which is caused by his fathers death and his mother remarrying so quickly to King Hamlet's brother which disgust Hamlet and makes him disgusted by the weakness of his mother. Hamlet refers to his mother's tears as "unrighteous" because to him they seem insincere considering she moved on with his father's death in less than a month. This makes Hamlet even more distraught than he already was over his father's death. All the situations combined make Hamlet feel so miserable that he's contemplating with the idea of suicide which is indicated in the following line "o that this too too sullied flesh would melt" (I,II,129).
So far Hamlet has only been faced with the problems of dealing with his father's death and his mother's quick marriage to his uncle which have to led to Hamlets depression and his frail state of mind. I believe Hamlet will be faced with a lot more problems when he meets the ghost and finds out his own uncle is responsible for his fathers death.
To put it in other words, Soliloquies give a voice to Hamlet's thoughts. ... Shakespeare's writings in the tragedy of Hamlet reveal seven in depth soliloquies spoken by Hamlet. ... The analysis of the soliloquies help readers better understand the exact mind of Hamlet. ... Also in this soliloquy, it is clear to see that Hamlets is lonely and sad. At one point in the soliloquy Hamlets states, "O God! ...
Through out the play, Shakespeare uses a number of soliloquies to outline the thoughts and feelings of Hamlet, the plays protagonist. The soliloquies reveal the innermost beliefs of the character and offers an unbiased perspective as it is merely Hamlet talking to the audience, albeit not directly, and not to any other character. Hamlets first soliloquy is delivered in Act 1, Scene 2 as Hamlet struggles to come to terms with the death of his father and the remarriage of his mother to his uncle Claudius. ... Hamlet repeatedly compares his father to Claudius. ... The soliloquy has a shiftin...
The soliloquies performed by Hamlet help unfold what Hamlet's feelings and thoughts are really about. Without these soliloquies understanding Hamlet would be very hard, and there would be alot of guessing about what Hamlet is really about. Shakespeare uses soliloquies to discover and explore Hamlet's feelings and internal and external conflicts. ... "This analysis of himself as a coward is one to which Hamlet no more returns, at least not in despair at his own insufficiency. ... The soliloquies provide Hamlet with a way of exposing his conflicts, both internal and external, to the re...
Hamlet Character Analysis Some plays take the audience for a ride as the main character changes. ... Claudius and the queen find Hamlets mourning excessive, and they confront him about it just prior to his first soliloquy. ... After his first soliloquy Hamlet learns of his fathers ghost who has been appearing. ... Through Hamlet's "Rogue and Peasant Slave" soliloquy the audience learns how upset Hamlet is with himself. ... Analyzing Hamlets soliloquies can help you find many answers, but usually leads to even more questions. ...
In a soliloquy spoken by Hamlet immediately before his encounter with Ophelia, he contemplates suicide and questions the purpose of living in a society that creates so much turmoil in human lives. In a powerful and thought-provoking soliloquy he addresses the advantages and disadvantages of suicide and what the afterlife may hold for us. ... In one of the most famous soliloquies in literature history, a glimpse into one person's personality is provided and so much is seen through this one passage. ... This particular soliloquy helps us to analyze Hamlet's personality and consequen...
From Hamlet's first soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 2 we already know that he feels disgraced by his mother's hasty marriage to Claudius, "But two months dead - nay, not so much, not two". ... It is debatable but we can see from Hamlet's first soliloquy that he is suffering from the Oedipal complex, "To post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!". ... Why, she would hang on him, as if increase of appetite had grown", this is also in Hamlet's first soliloquy and is essential in understanding how Shakespeare's character is suffering from the Oedipal complex. ... Sigmund ...
The relationship between Hamlet and his father has its difficulties, but from Hamlet's first soliloquy we can see that he idolizes his father: "So excellent a king, that was to this/Hyperion to a satyr". ... The king was a weak father that never spent time with his son due to his military obligation (Hamlet's father: an analysis of paternity and filial duty in Shakespeare's Hamlet; by Justin Dathan Anders Drewry, 2004). ... Hamlet's soliloquy: "O what a rogue and peasant slave am I" we discover the essence of his true conflict. ... The "To be or ...
Hamlet believes that if the first player had the motive that he had, he would "drown the stage with tears"" (Hamlet/Line 517). ... As we continue, Hamlet condemns the way he's been handling the situation so far. ... But at the end of this soliloquy, he comes up with a plan. ... He is basically seeking the answer to his question in the beginning of the soliloquy where he says, "What would he do/Had he the motive and the cue for passion/That I have"" (Hamlet/Line 515-517). ... This is how he's the [guilty] conscience of the King"" (Hamlet/Line 562). ...
Holland's characterization and analysis of Horatio and of Fortinbras is hardly groundbreaking and is easily supported by the text of the play. Holland's analysis of Hamlet, however, is thought provoking and begs further investigation. ... Hamlet is notably a man of thought; in his long soliloquies throughout the play, in his obsession with death, and in his inaction at times. Hamlet's soliloquies portray a deep thinker whose meditations, on the nature of our existence and behaviors, are of great length and equal depth. ... / This is I,/ Hamlet the Dane." ...