Hamlet Soliloquy. I am going to show how significant Hamlet's soliloquys are in the play and how they relate with the plot

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The power of Soliloquy in Hamlet's tragic theme.

In this essay, I am going to show how significant Hamlet's soliloquys are in the play and how they relate with the plot, and will expose the different ideas shown indirectly by Shakespeare through Hamlet and i will explain Hamlet as a whole as he expressed through his soliloquys and how he gives the play its tragic theme.

The character of Hamlet in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" show many strong emotions through the use of his soliloquys and shows the internal battle which he experiences throughout the play giving it it's "tragic" theme. An example of this would be in the first of his soliloquys, where he ultimately contemplates suicide due to the despair that he is experiencing: "O that this too too solid flesh would melt". From this, the importance and significance of Hamlet's Soliloquys during the play show his isolation from society, suggesting the uniqueness of his character. His feelings during his soliloquys also contrast with the behaviour of the Courts, where he reveals his state of mind and the truth, where the courts are more pleasure seeking than decisive when discussing politics. This is shown by Hamlet in his discussion with Horatio where he reveals that "This heavy-headed revel east and west/ Makes us traduced and taxed of other nations...though performed at height."

The power of Hamlet's soliloquys during the play show shakespeares philosophical views to life. For example, in Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet, again contemplates suicide, where he suggests that suicide is the easiest way of ending the problems and conflicts of life. He then debates this by saying that the fear of an unknown afterlife is what keeps man living.

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Hamlet observes religion, but it has been shown that he is hypocritical of it because he is inconsistant with his beliefs (As shown by Schlegel), for example, when the ghost enters, he believes that it truely is his father, and when it leaves, it appears to him as he has been decieved: "Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned.../That i will speak to thee. I'll call thee Hamlet."

Hamlet, in his first soliloquy also refers to the 6th Biblical commandment "Thou shalt not kill" which he understands forbids suicide and murder:"His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. O God, God." ...

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