William Shakespeare's Presentation of Hamlet Through Soliloquies
Shakespeare presents Hamlet in the first Act as distraught and angry
in a state of utter depression caused by his father’s death and as we
learn during the first soliloquy, by his mother’s ‘frailty’ in
remarrying so soon after the King’s death. Shakespeare reveals
Hamlet’s torment and the origins and causes of a lot of his feelings
that contribute to his behaviour throughout the play, in the first of
Hamlet’s soliloquies in Act One, Scene Two. It is in this soliloquy
that we learn of the hatred Hamlet feels for his mothers ‘incestuous’
marriage to his uncle Claudius, and ultimately the hatred he feels for
himself.
Not only do the soliloquies used by Shakespeare present Hamlet’s inner
thoughts to the audience, they also reveal a lot about his inner
feelings towards events in Elsinore in turn revealing details about
the plot. This allows the audience to share Hamlet’s anger and
disgust, therefore viewing the court through his own perspective. The
first soliloquy is spoken before Hamlet encounters the ghost and he
has no notion of the vengeance he has yet to commit. The soliloquy is
fundamental in understanding Hamlet’s state of mind, the isolation he
feels and how he feels that the whole world is an ‘unweeded garden’
that Shakespeare gradually develops as the play carries on.
The dramatic first line introduces us to Hamlet’s feelings;
Shakespeare presents Hamlet’s contemplation of depression and
self-doubt, his sorrowful desire that ‘this too too solid flesh would
melt,’ displays how Hamlet feels very conscious of his physicality in
which he is trapped and th...
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...the soliloquies Shakespeare presents Hamlet’s
thoughts and feelings to show the development of the character and for
Hamlet to discover his own judgement and realise who he himself is.
The final soliloquy draws in on all of Hamlet’s thoughts and finally
it seems by the end that he will take action. However the language
continues to contrast action with words and though Hamlet may feel
intent the audience are still yet to see whether he will take action
or not. The final words of the soliloquy may be seen as a turning
point, ‘O from this time forth, / My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing
worth.’ The reason that God has given him will be worth nothing now
if he does not act, and the feelings and emotions that Hamlet has gone
through will be a waste – he surely will be nothing but a coward if he
does not take action.
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caused a problem he will make sure to the best of his ability and power that it
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