With specific reference to the two soliloquies, which we have studied in detail, show how Shakespeare reveals to the audience Hamlets character, state of mind and his problems.

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Mitchell Routledge

With specific reference to the two soliloquies, which we have studied in detail, show how Shakespeare reveals to the audience Hamlet’s character, state of mind and his problems.

A soliloquy is when an actor is talking by himself on the scene while revealing his thoughts to the audience. This gives you a good idea about what is going on in the characters head, in this case Hamlet’s.

We have annotated and studied two scenes of the play “Hamlet” in particular, Act 1 Scene 2 and Act 3 scene 1. The fist soliloquy appears right after Claudius and his mother, Gertrude got married. His father had not died long before, and Hamlet could not believe his mother was married and sleeping with his uncle less than two months after his father’s death. He seems very confused and frustrated in this soliloquy. Whereas in the second soliloquy he seems much more relaxed and seems to have gotten some time to get all the pressure and thoughts off his mind. There is a lot of repetition in the first soliloquy which gives you the idea that he is confused and does not everything is clear to him. The structure in the first soliloquy is very different than the second one; the first one is very unorganized, which also shows confusion.

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The first soliloquy is very public and is in the great hall where everyone can hear him; I think this is because he wants everyone to hear what is on his mind, and what he thinks about his mother and Claudius. He talks about his mother and Claudius who should not be married. He has lots of stops and repetitions this shows how confused and unclear his mind was at the moment. He repeated himself because he could not believe Gertrude had married his uncle. “Married with my uncle, my father’s brother.” He cannot believe that it really is ...

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