Why Is Hamlet's First Soliloquy
William Shakespeare does an excellent job at portraying Hamlets evolving character after each of his soliloquies.. Hamlet is shown as a sniffling-little-boy to the last when he sets his priorities straight after witnessing Fortinbras' army march out to a pointless death for honor. His point of view death also changes, at first being very scared to finally understanding that in death all men become equal. It is in these soliloquies that, Hamlet's character and position in the play evolve.
The purpose of Hamlets first soliloquy is to show his anger and disgust over the union of his mom and uncle. Hamlet feels that Gertrude has betrayed his father "things rank and gross in nature She married. O, most wicked speed" (1.2.140). He is also very aggravated at thought that Claudius was trying to be his new "dad". " but no more like my father, Than I to Hercules". Hamlet is basically saying that Claudius isn't half the man that his dad was. In the end Hamlet doesn't really make any effort to confront Gertrude or Claudius. He instead says " But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue."(1.2.164).
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Hamlet is very proud of himself and the soliloquy brings about a sense of confidence. Hamlet is now ready to go to extremes , "And do such bitter business" (3.2.422). Instead of going after Claudius, he decides to go after his mom. "Soft! Now to my mother."(3.2.425). Unlike his second speech, he is again driven by emotion and makes the mistake of going after his mom. This shows Hamlets immaturity and his short attention span. Hamlet had gathered all the proof that he would ever need. The logical thing to do would have been to go after Claudius. Hamlet had taken a step forward to accomplishing his goal: he completely missed his "target" and went after the person that The Ghost told him to leave it up to
The purpose of Hamlets first soliloquy is to show his anger and disgust over the union of his mom and uncle. Hamlet feels that Gertrude has betrayed his father "things rank and gross in nature She married. O, most wicked speed" (1.2.140). He is also very aggravated at thought that Claudius was trying to be his new "dad". " but no more like my father, Than I to Hercules". Hamlet is basically saying that Claudius isn't half the man that his dad was. In the end Hamlet doesn't really make any effort to confront Gertrude or Claudius. He instead says " But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue."(1.2.164).
In the second …show more content…
Hamlet is very proud of himself and the soliloquy brings about a sense of confidence. Hamlet is now ready to go to extremes , "And do such bitter business" (3.2.422). Instead of going after Claudius, he decides to go after his mom. "Soft! Now to my mother."(3.2.425). Unlike his second speech, he is again driven by emotion and makes the mistake of going after his mom. This shows Hamlets immaturity and his short attention span. Hamlet had gathered all the proof that he would ever need. The logical thing to do would have been to go after Claudius. Hamlet had taken a step forward to accomplishing his goal: he completely missed his "target" and went after the person that The Ghost told him to leave it up to