Hamlet Soliloquy Act 3 Scene 3

Hamlet Soliloquy Act 3 Scene 3

Hamlet has just watched Claudius praying for forgiveness in the church

and has been hiding and waiting for his chance to kill him.

“Now might I do it pat, now he is praying;

And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heaven;

And so am I revenged. That would be scann'd:”

Hamlet is saying that if he kills his uncle while he is praying, will

his father be avenged because as he is confessing his sins to god if

hamlet killed him then he would go straight to heaven and his father

would not be avenged

”A villain kills my father; and for that,

I, his sole son, do this same villain send

To heaven.”

He says now how he being his father’s only son and that only he

because he was chosen by his father to avenge his death, but if he

does do it while his uncle is praying then he will go to heaven

instead of hell and all of hamlets troubles will be in vain.

”O, this is hire and salary, not revenge.

He took my father grossly, full of bread;

With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as M...