The Shakespearean tragedy, "Hamlet", tells of a man forced to see the world through new eyes leading him to question all the things he had taken for granted. Within the story of "Hamlet", Hamlet himself delivers a total of 6 soliloquies throughout the play all of which explain Hamlet's mixed emotions on his new worldly view. Religion, corruption, death, are mixed together within the soliloquies as well as Hamlet's feelings towards people close to him he thought he once knew.
Religion, though not the most important, is defiantly frequently seen within Hamlet's soliloquies and is closely paired with the motif of death and corruption. Where religion appears almost always death is with it, for example, Hamlet's first soliloquy "Too, too sullied flesh" speaks of his desire for death and his frustration at God's law against "self-slaughter." Coincidentally the most famous and the most misinterpreted is the "To be or not to be" soliloquy which again combines both religion and death. In the soliloquy Hamlet continues his inner debate, weighing the pros and cons of suicide trying to decide whether it is worse "to suffer/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles."
Corruption, decay, and death. All three represent the motif of "Hamlet" and therefore can be found everywhere. Right away it is found in Hamlet's first soliloquy, "Too, too sullied flesh", where he declares his mother's hasty remarriage to his Uncle "incestuous." Again in his following soliloquy "Host of heaven" Hamlet speaks of hell and "smiling, damned villains" when referring to his Uncle. Hamlet's "Now might I do it pat" soliloquy reeks of corruption. Hamlet not wanting to kill his murderous Uncle while in confession for religious reasons speaks of better opportunities such as "When he's drunk asleep, or in a rage."
In the "Rouge and peasant slave" soliloquy Hamlet compares himself to one of the players at the castle who upon Hamlet's request performs an impassioned speech drawing himself to tears. Left alone Hamlet at first seems to scorn the false emotion the player could show at will then speculatively Hamlet wonders "What would he do/ Had he the motive and the cue for passion/ That I have? He would drown the stage with tears" Hamlet proclaims certain of his verdict. Reminded of his mission to kill his father's murderer, Hamlet's fervor for revenge returns. But once again Hamlet must replenishes his enthusiasm. Farther into the play Hamlet compares himself to, Fortinbras, the Prince of Norway within the soliloquy "How all occasions do inform against me" and is amazed at the similarities between himself and the Norwegian.
Hamlet's opinions, views, and emotions range greatly throughout the play as new bits of information are added to the plot and reveled through his soliloquies. Put together Hamlet's soliloquies revel a man torn apart by combating emotions fighting for dominancy and a boy just gaining sight of the world not yet sure of where he stands but knowing he has a "father killed [and] a mother stained."
Religion, though not the most important, is defiantly frequently seen within Hamlet's soliloquies and is closely paired with the motif of death and corruption. Where religion appears almost always death is with it, for example, Hamlet's first soliloquy "Too, too sullied flesh" speaks of his desire for death and his frustration at God's law against "self-slaughter." Coincidentally the most famous and the most misinterpreted is the "To be or not to be" soliloquy which again combines both religion and death. In the soliloquy Hamlet continues his inner debate, weighing the pros and cons of suicide trying to decide whether it is worse "to suffer/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles."
Corruption, decay, and death. All three represent the motif of "Hamlet" and therefore can be found everywhere. Right away it is found in Hamlet's first soliloquy, "Too, too sullied flesh", where he declares his mother's hasty remarriage to his Uncle "incestuous." Again in his following soliloquy "Host of heaven" Hamlet speaks of hell and "smiling, damned villains" when referring to his Uncle. Hamlet's "Now might I do it pat" soliloquy reeks of corruption. Hamlet not wanting to kill his murderous Uncle while in confession for religious reasons speaks of better opportunities such as "When he's drunk asleep, or in a rage."
In the "Rouge and peasant slave" soliloquy Hamlet compares himself to one of the players at the castle who upon Hamlet's request performs an impassioned speech drawing himself to tears. Left alone Hamlet at first seems to scorn the false emotion the player could show at will then speculatively Hamlet wonders "What would he do/ Had he the motive and the cue for passion/ That I have? He would drown the stage with tears" Hamlet proclaims certain of his verdict. Reminded of his mission to kill his father's murderer, Hamlet's fervor for revenge returns. But once again Hamlet must replenishes his enthusiasm. Farther into the play Hamlet compares himself to, Fortinbras, the Prince of Norway within the soliloquy "How all occasions do inform against me" and is amazed at the similarities between himself and the Norwegian.
Hamlet's opinions, views, and emotions range greatly throughout the play as new bits of information are added to the plot and reveled through his soliloquies. Put together Hamlet's soliloquies revel a man torn apart by combating emotions fighting for dominancy and a boy just gaining sight of the world not yet sure of where he stands but knowing he has a "father killed [and] a mother stained."