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Entry 1 Hamlet Dialectical Journal

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Brenda Zavala
March 16th, 2015
Character Analysis project: Part 2
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Entry one Hamlet
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God!
How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Fie on't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
Possess it merely. That it should come to this!
But two months dead! — nay, not so much, not two:
So excellent a king; that was, to this,
Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother,
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth!
Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him
As if increase of appetite had grown
By what it fed on: and yet, within a month, —
Let me not think on't, …show more content…

To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub (3.1.57-66).

This quote is also by one of Hamlet's Soliloquies. With this quote Hamlet is contemplating suicide again. The fact that he is so sadden by everything that is happening around him has driven him to thoughts of choosing life or death. He interprets death as a form of sleep. If he dies he would be in a state of sleep where nothing would hurt anymore. He is very close to committing suicide as he sees it as an escape goat from all the pain he has experienced. With everything going on Hamlet very much wishes this form of escape but he begins to wonder where it would lead to if he were to commit suicide.
This quote also brings a bigger meaning to the play. The play is a tragedy and with Shakespeare plays there will be deaths at the end. This quote sums up the main idea in the story that the idea of suicide and death will always be around. Throughout our lives we will be faced with hard times just like Hamlet. It is definitely our choice if one chooses to commit suicide but there is always that thought of where suicide will lead to. The fact that religion has always been opposed to this type of behavior and has viewed it as a sin it makes the human mind hesitant to go through with the action. Religion plays a factor in Hamlet's decision to commit this action but later does not find it helpful …show more content…

He is telling Ophelia that he never loved her and that she should go to a nunnery. He is saying this out of hate towards women. Since Hamlet's mother has caused him great pain, Hamlet is now putting it out towards women in general. This is clearly shown with the next thing he says that women are breeders of sinners. He is saying here that everyone is a sinner but in a way he is putting it that it is a woman's fault for bringing them into the world. He is also thinking of suicide here. He is saying that he wishes that his mother had not given birth to him. Even though he says he is an honest person he knows he is capable of horrible things. He is most likely referring to the act of murdering his uncle. He states why there are evil people in the world. With this he begins to question his very existence with Ophelia which indicates he does not wish he were alive here on earth. He then tells Ophelia to go to a nunnery again since he can not stand a woman's sin of bringing monsters into the world. Then he realizes they are being watched and he asks Ophelia where her father is. With this he knows that Ophelia can not be trusted and so he tells her for good that she is not

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