Hamlet's First Soliloquy

Throughout the play, Hamlet is driven to avenge his father’s death and expose the lies of Polonius, Gertrude, Ophelia, and Claudius who attempted to deceive him. In order to be successful Hamlet puts on his own act and even a play to reveal the truth. There is an obvious change between his personality in private and public. His public persona is over exaggerated and childish at times but it’s revealed to the reader that it’s only an act. He puts on a show in order to get the characters around him to perceive him as crazy. Yet his private persona contrasts his actions in public. Through Hamlet’s soliloquies, he give the readers insight into he is truly feelings. In the play there is a distinct yet intentional difference in Hamlet’s personality,
His soliloquies reveal the most about him as the reader is given an inside look into his state of mind. Hamlet is distraught and angered by the death of his father and the manipulation by the people he most cared about. Hamlet was not crazy, he was extremely intelligent. Instead of letting it get in his way he puts on the perfect act in front of the rest of the characters. Hamlet’s second soliloquy is one of the most important ones of them all. Although his intended audience can be interpreted in different ways, it seems as though he was talking directly to himself in this particular soliloquy. Hamlet is reacting to seeing his dead father for the first time and finally learning the truth about what happened. In the beginning of his speech Hamlet can be described as extremely emotional and dramatics. “O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple hell? Oh, fie! Hold, hold, my heart” (1.5, ) . He screams into the skies, Heaven, and Hell asking for answers into his problems. Hamlet repeats “O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain!” in an erratic and angered way. He uses as his soliloquies as a way to let out his frustration and anger before he
For example he is aware that Ophelia is acting as a spy for her father and for that reason he feels betrayed by someone he trusted the most. "If thou dost marry, I’ll give thee this plague for thy dowry. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go. Farewell. Heavenly powers, restore him!" (3.1, 146-149) He wants to make her feel helpless in defending herself and responsible for his craziness. Depending on the character he is around, he adjusts his persona to each character. Hamlet uses her as part of the plan in tricking Polonius, Gertrude, and Claudius but all the while he is hurting. His rude remarks and outbursts are not only directed to Ophelia but Claudius and Polonius as well in that way he hurts her the most. This is one of the few times that Hamlet lets his emotions get the better of him and potentially ruin his