Essay On Hamlet's First Soliloquy

Hamlet by William Shakespeare is widely considered one of the most profound pieces of literature ever written. The Main character, Hamlet, shares crucial information with the readers and his innermost feelings during his multiple soliloquys. He reveals everything including suicidal thoughts, thoughts of killing the king, and blood boiling moments. These passages give extreme complexity to the play and develops the readers 3rd person omniscient view. In act 3 is where the fifth soliloquy takes place. After the play that Hamlet set up, he is extremely angry because he finds out that Claudius killed his father. Hamlet is sarcastic, rude, and condescending to all the people around him. When Polonius asks Hamlet to see his mother he says,” Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel” (act 3, scene 2, line 346). He is acting crazy towards Polonius but later in the act we see his inner emotions. As he is about to enter his mother’s room he delivers his fifth soliloquy. He says,” I will speak daggers to her but use none” (act 3, scene 2, line 371). Hamlet is really a distraught man who is full of anger. All this time the only thing that is really a conflict is the murder of his father. Since everyone else is deceived by King Claudius, Hamlet cannot express these
As Hamlet is standing watching Claudius confessing all his sins in prayer he says,” To take him in the purging of his soul, when he is fit and seasoned for his passage? no” (act 3, scene 3, line 86-88). When King Claudius killed King Hamlet he did it in his sleep without the option to confess his sins. In turn with him not being able to confess his sins he is stuck in purgatory for as long as it takes hamlet to avenge him. If Hamlet were to kill him in prayer, then he would go straight to heaven and not be punished in purgatory for his sins. While Hamlet is bent on revenge he still has a conscience to make things