Hamlet's First Soliloquy

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Have you ever lost something significant to you and demonstrated the inability to cope with that loss? By understanding why that principal object has departed, people can deal with their lost. In Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, the death of Hamlet’s father mentally injures him. After the father’s death, Hamlet’s actions change drastically, and in turn, it modifies the nature of his grief. The protagonist offers soliloquies that change his character over time and allow him to work through the stages of his grief, and therefore, he learns to accept death. Furthermore, each soliloquy reveals a personal trait of his character and how he copes with the death of his father/the former king.
Hamlet’s first soliloquy is the catalyst for his …show more content…

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From this time forth my thoughts are bloody or are nothing worth. (4.4.41-69)
Hamlet finally decides to initiate his plan to avenge his father. Although a filial duty has motivated him, he recognizes that he has stalled long enough. The protagonist realizes that his inaction is the cause for his grief. It is the cowardly hesitation and over thinking that prevents to conquer his grief. Hamlet’s primary objective is to avenge his father’s death, in turn, this would help him cope with his father’s death knowing that he has fulfilled his filial duty towards his father. Upon accomplishing this obstacle, he will ultimately be able to accept death and understand it occurs in life.
Hamlet’s soliloquies indoctrinate him to accept his father’s passing and grasp the concept of mortality. Hamlet begins to learn that death is natural and occurs in everyone’s life. Hamlet states:
Worms are the emperor of all diets.
We fatten up all creatures to feed ourselves, and we fatten ourselves for the worms to eat when we’re dead.
A fat king and a skinny beggar are just two dishes at the same meal.

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