Hamlet Soliloquy Assignment
Hamlet Soliloquy Assignment (Soliloquy#6)
In this soliloquy Claudius reveals to the audience he himself murdered his brother, Hamlet. He goes from being insensitive to a caring, sensitive and emotional human being. In the begging of the soliloquies he goes on by saying, my offence is rank; it smells to heaven, it hath the eldest curse upon’t- A bothers murder. Pray can I not. Through inclination be as sharp as will”, Claudius felt that murdering his brother was so rotten, God could smell it. Thoughts of heaven also reminded him that his crime is the same as Cain, marked by the” primal eldest curse”. Although he tries to prey to receive forgiveness, he finds no use in it because he has a strong desire to remain as king and a passion for Gertrude and these things dominated his emotions. Claudius was well aware that he will lose everything if he repented and even his own life,
In this soliloquy Claudius reveals to the audience he himself murdered his brother, Hamlet. He goes from being insensitive to a caring, sensitive and emotional human being. In the begging of the soliloquies he goes on by saying, my offence is rank; it smells to heaven, it hath the eldest curse upon’t- A bothers murder. Pray can I not. Through inclination be as sharp as will”, Claudius felt that murdering his brother was so rotten, God could smell it. Thoughts of heaven also reminded him that his crime is the same as Cain, marked by the” primal eldest curse”. Although he tries to prey to receive forgiveness, he finds no use in it because he has a strong desire to remain as king and a passion for Gertrude and these things dominated his emotions. Claudius was well aware that he will lose everything if he repented and even his own life,