Hamlet's First Soliloquy

In Shakespeare’s “How all occasions do inform against me” soliloquy, Hamlet contemplates how his actions measure up to his thoughts after seeing Fortinbras army near Elsinore. Fortinbras acts quickly, pondering the consequences of his actions much less than Hamlet who tends to think but not act. Hamlet comes to the realization that his thoughts are worthless without the actions to back them and sitting around thinking about what could be is a waste of time when he could be avenging his father.

on an epic scale, Hamlet tell us that his father was so loving to her

Hamlet’s first soliloquy comes in act one scene two, as Hamlet reflects on the current state of events. The chief focus of this soliloquy is essentially the rottenness of the king, queen and the world in general. In this passage the reader is introduced to Hamlet pseudo-obsession with death and suicide, which later will become a chief point of indecision. In this particular speech, however, Hamlet is fairly confident. He wishes that his “too too sullied flesh would melt”

Because of the anger Hamlet feels at his mother’s remarriage he compares his uncle to his father the late king Hamlet. His comparisons are quite harsh such as “Hyperion to a satyr” this classical allusion shows his prejudice against his uncle by considering his father a god and his uncle to be half goat. The comparison as well as others seen in

In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, suicide is an important and continuous theme throughout the play. Hamlet is the main character who contemplates the thought of suicide many different times throughout the play, since the murder of his father. Hamlet weighs the advantages of leaving his miserable life with the living, for possibly a better but unknown life with the dead. Hamlet seriously contemplates suicide, but decides against it, mainly because it is a mortal sin against God. Hamlet continues to say that most of humanity would commit suicide and escape the hardships of life, but do not because they are unsure of what awaits them in the after life. Hamlet throughout the play is continually tormented by his fathers death and his

“To be or not to be— that is the question.” An exceptionally recognized phrase amid many centuries, cultures, places, and people. This short excerpt derives from the Shakespearean play, Hamlet: The Tragedy of the Prince of Denmark. Originally, this passage was displayed in one of the soliloquies of the play. Defined as “an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play”, a soliloquy is crucial to furthering the plot and connecting the audience with the speaker. William Shakespeare reveals the true desires and intentions of Hamlet, the main character of Hamlet: The Tragedy of the Prince of Denmark, within the protagonist’s soliloquies. Even Hamlet, one of the most complex characters in literary history, can be simplified through the use of a soliloquy.

Hamlet, by the end of the play had drastically changed from the Hamlet in the beginning of the play because of his altering views on death and fate, which is shown mainly through his soliloquies and throughout other certain events. This change resulted in Hamlet overcoming his indecisiveness and in the end he manages to find peace. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy, we are given an insight on his feelings. Because of his father’s death and his mother quick marriage to his uncle, Hamlet is completely devastated and depressed. He even wishes that his “too too solid flesh would melt” or that the “Everlasting” was not “against self-slaughter”, admitting that he would rather take his own life then continue living in a world that doesn’t seem to hold

Throughout Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet demonstrates his wit and coolness under pressure, whether this be in high stress or comical situations. Very rarely does he ever allow the audience -- or other characters -- to see his genuine turmoil. For these reasons, the “Rogue and Peasant Slave” soliloquy at the end of Act 2 Scene 2 really stands out and updates the audience on Hamlet’s suffering. However, this could not be accomplished without Shakespeare’s masterful writing techniques of shifting tone through diction and subject. Through such, the audience can truly take into full consideration Hamlet’s inner suffering, his self hatred, and how he plans to resolve his issues through “vengeance!” (2.2.610).

Hamlet’s first soliloquy presents a deeper understanding of his emotional state following the recent death of his father. Hamlet revealed that he is facing a dilemma during his grieving process, and undoubtedly shows signs of depression. Based on his soliloquy, Hamlet seems to be in an intense emotional state which could cause him endanger himself or others.

One of Hamlets most famous soliloquys appears in act three, and establishes a rather dark mood for the coming drama. Hamlets speech in this scene sets up rising action, and builds towards the climax by addressing controversial philosophical topics about the meaning of life, and the unknown land of death. Hamlet battles with intense emotion feelings throughout the play, but in this silique we as the audience can see that he is feeling quite dismal, and is considering very alarming options. For example, “to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing, end them.” Here Hamlet speaks about death as if it is the only way to rid oneself of the pain the physical world has to offer, but he continues to express his ominous thoughts through intense verbal presentation, although he is just speaking to himself.

In Hamlet’s first soliloquy we can see how distraught he is over his father’s death but we can also see the anger he has towards his mother for marrying so quickly. He establishes that even though he wants to hate her, he can only say nice things towards her because she is his mother. When Hamlet wrote this play the speech that the player king says shows forgiveness towards himself and not really towards his mother. He gives mean comments about his mother in the Player King’s speech about how his mother changed her love to be with Claudius. Hamlet figures out his own philosophy which is not to trust our emotions. Our emotions play into what we are doing in the moment but as that passion starts to fade, so does our drive to pursue what we want to do.

Coming immediately after the meeting with the Ghost of Hamlet’s father, Shakespeare uses his second soliloquy to present Hamlet’s initial responses to his new role of revenger. Shakespeare is not hesitant in foreboding the religious and metaphysical implications of this role, something widely explored in Elizabethan revenge tragedy, doing so in the first lines as Hamlet makes an invocation to ‘all you host of heaven’ and ‘earth’. Hamlet is shown to impulsively rationalize the ethical issues behind his task as he views it as a divine ordinance of justice, his fatalistic view reiterated at the end of scene 5 with the rhyming couplet ‘O cursed spite,/That ever I was born to set it right’. These ideas are

(Hamlet, 1.2.129-34) Additionally, Hamlet shows deep hatred in the last half of the soliloquy, saying things like: “She(Gertrude) married—O most wicked speed! To post / With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! / It is not, nor it cannot come to good.” (Hamlet, 1.2.156-8)These contrasting attitudes reveal Hamlet’s range of emotions, and hint towards Hamlet’s melancholy(through his mourning) and madness(through his anger).

I Hamlet's second soliloquy, we face a determined Hamlet who is craving revenge for his father. “Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat/ In this distracted globe. Remember thee!” Hamlet feels sorry for his father who was unable to repent of his sins and is therefore condemned to a time in purgatory. He promises his father that in spite of his mental state (he is distracted, confused and shocked) he will avenge his death. He holds him in the highest regards because he sees his father as a role model. “Yea, from the table of my memory/ I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records,”. He’ll erase all prior Knowledge and experience and leave only his father’s “commandment”. He will engrave it in the front of his mind to show his

Hamlet's first soliloquy, following a hostile conversation with Claudius and Gertrude, shows him grief-stricken, bitter and despairing. The source of Hamlet's melancholy is "his father's death" and the "o'er-hasty marriage" of his mother and uncle. He feels he