Why Is Act 3 Scene 2 Of Hamlet's First Soliloquy

Hamlet has also idealized his mother, and it seems like that they have had a close relationship before this incident. Hamlet really loved his mother, and I think he put her on a pedestal. In the play, this delusion that he has about his mother's character is quickly shattered. She, "within a month" (1,2,145) marries Hamlet's uncle who has for some odd reason become king after Hamlet's father's death. Hamlet is sickened and disillusioned by his mother's behavior saying things like "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt" (1,2,129) and "frailty, thy name is woman"(1,2,146). But the realization that he has about his mother also ties into the realization that he has about his father and ultimately

Hamlet's violence against his mother in Act 3, Scene 4 is due to the fact that he is very angry with Gertrude for marrying Claudius. Hamlet adds to the proof that he is not unbalanced when he says:

It also demonstrates Hamlet’s consideration on the matter of what he should do when he discovers his uncle’s sin. He becomes cunning, saying, “For murder, though it have no tongue, I’ll speak with most miraculous organ." (Shakespeare) At this point in time, he acknowledges that he must be clever and imaginative in order to overcome his adversary, and that the proof of his crimes will be difficult to unveil. As said by Silva, “The idea crystallized. He would get the players to perform something like the murder of his father in front of his uncle. He would watch his uncle’s reactions. He would probe his very thoughts. If his uncle so much as flinched he would know what to do. The ghost may have been the devil for all he knew, and the devil had the power to take on a pleasing shape.” (Silva) It is also at this point that many characters, including Polonius, Ophelia, and Hamlet’s own parents, begin to question whether Hamlet is sane at all. However, this will not be fully explored until shortly after Hamlet’s soliloquy of Act Three. However, many have made their different claims about Hamlet’s “madness”. For example, Deighton says, “Hamlet's declared intention of assuming ‘an antic disposition,’ his assurance to his mother that he is only "mad in craft," the test he proposes in proof of his assertion, may all

In the soliloquy it is shown that while Hamlet does not like his uncle he blames his mother for all that has happened especially her weak disposition that caused her to marry Claudius as seen in the line “frailty thy name is women”. In the line Hamlet generalizes all women showing his instability as he does not understand the difference between his mother’s actions and all women. His anger towards his mother is also shown in his comparison of her being “like Niobe all tears” because like the mythological figure Niobe she also mourned however Niobe was turned to stone and kept weaping which suggests that he considers her to be hypocritical because while she cried and mourned she remarried only a month after her husband died. This idea is also shown in the line “a beast would have mourned longer” showing that because of her betrayal he considers her to be an unfeeling animal. Hamlet’s anger builds throughout the soliloquy until he comes to the realization that he cannot reveal his true thoughts to anyone “but break my heart for I must hold my tongue.”

Hamlet’s father, Old King Hamlet, was poisoned by his own brother, Claudius. Not only does Hamlet have to deal with the anger and depression that comes with losing someone that is near and dear to you, he also has to deal with the hurt of his mother, Gertrude marrying Claudius. “This marriage will never come to any good. But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue” (Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2). Hamlet cannot just take immediate action in seeking revenge for his father’s murder, he makes long, drawn out

When Hamlets father speaks to him and tells him to speak to his mother, Hamlet immediately obeys him. He respects his father and loves him enough to listen to him and stop fighting with his mother. It shows that no matter the flaws he has with his mother he would throw them out just to please his father. Hamlet has proven himself in many ways that he would do anything for his father no matter what the circumstance was.

Hamlet has seemed to be getting restless with the situation. This is where he starts to change and gain his self- knowledge. When he goes to talk to his mother he seems to only confront her because he goal was to not agree with and not want to listen to Claudius. “No, by the rood, not so: You are the Queen, your husband’s brother’s wife, and

In act 3 scene 1 of William Shakespeare “Hamlet” the main protagonist, Hamlet, recites a soliloquy “To be, or not to be.” Throughout his lines Hamlet explains the concept of suicide and why people choose to live long lives instead of ending their suffering. The main point he speaks on is the mystery of one’s afterlife, they never know for sure what happens when they die. For this reason, his speech does a good job highlighting the plays underlying themes of pervasiveness of death, and tragic dilemma, and tragic flaws.

Shakespeare wrote the play so Hamlet would be very dynamic, so he shows an array of good and bad characteristics throughout the play. When he is first brought into the story in Act I- Scene 2, you see Hamlet being a nice, sensitive young prince who is grieving the death of his father, who was King. His dad’s death was a surprise to Hamlet and the whole city. He was asleep in his garden and a “snake” poisoned the King. As Hamlet learned later in the story "The serpent that did sting thy father 's life now wears his crown" (Shakespeare Act I Scene V), which meant that Claudius was the one that killed his father. After his father’s death his mother then immediately married his uncle. This made him even more upset. Mixed in with his obvious sorrow about his dad are feelings of anger because what his mother did. Shakespeare wanted to emphasize this emotion it leaves you feeling sympathetic for Hamlet. You can see from the very beginning that he is a very complex person, and this marks

Through Hamlet’s soliloquies, he insults his mother more than he praises her. As it is found in his first soliloquy, “Frailty, thy name is woman!” (1.2.146). He calls her weak because he believes that she has married too soon, showing that she may have also been attracted to Claudius before his father’s death. Hamlet is also ashamed of his mother, not only for marrying too soon, but for not being loyal to one man and husband

After killing Polonius, Hamlet feel no guilt at all, he acts indifferently. The audience can evidence how appearances and reality come back into play when Queen Gertrude cries out, “O, what a rash and bloody deed is this” (Act 3, scene 4, page 106). Hamlet, responds without repentance, “A bloody deed – almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king, and marry with his brother.” (Act 3, scene 4, page 106). After this statement made by Hamlet, there is a twist in the scene. Instead of the scene being centered towards the death of Polonius, it becomes centered towards Hamlet’s obsession and hatred towards his mother for betraying him and his father by the rapid and opportune marriage to

We can see the dramatic differences in Hamlet’s facial expression and tone of voice when he starts to talk about Claudius and his mother. Hamlet is revolted by him, he is “a mildewed ear/ Blasting his wholesome brother.” We can hear the disgust in Hamlet’s words as he describes his malevolent uncle and this shows the distorted relationship between them. Finally he turns to his mother. His words are full of deep hatred and utter contempt for her. He asks her how she could have replaced her perfect husband with this foul man: “Could you

In Hamlet’s first soliloquy he shows that he is angry with his mother and upset over his father’s death. Hamlet, however, does not think about taking revenge against his uncle for marrying his mother, instead he is just furious at his mother for being

Hamlets father was king married to Queen Gertrude but Hamlet had to return home to attend his funeral. He was a loving son; mourning, only to figure out his mother (the queen) had already married once more. The Queen’s new husband is King Claudius who is Hamlets uncle and the deceased King’s brother. This betrayal was like none other in Hamlet’s eyes. He knew right anyway from a feeling that Claudius was responsible for King Hamlet’s death. Hamlet even worried and sometimes assumed that his mother was part of the planning or even killing of his father. Returning home immediately became about getting revenge on the people that hurt his family and even in some cases that meant his mother. Hamlet was a smart man and very cunning but in the end it doesn’t work out for anyone.

He acidly snaps at Gertrude, "Mother, you have my father much offended" (Hamlet, III, iv, 13). It is not that his mother is a woman that haunts and maddens Hamlet, but the fact that she chooses Claudius over himself. He believes that she does not actually love Claudius, but was merely seduced or tricked, and he cries out in anguish: