The Soliloquies Of Hamlet
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Authors use various literary elements to give insight into the mental
composition of their characters. In Shakespeare's “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,”
we can trace Hamlet's mental process through his soliloquies.
Hamlet's first soliloquy reveals him to be thoroughly disgusted with
Gertrude, Clau ....
Middle of paper
.... presence of the ghost
indicates that his father died due to dubious circumstance.
After talking with his father's ghost, in the 3rd Soliloquy Hamlet is
angered by the news that Claudius had murdered his father. Hamlet assures that
he will think of nothing but revenge. “I'll wipe away all trivial fond
records...and thy commandment all alone shall live within the book and volume of
my brain” (1296), he proclaims.
In Hamlet's fourth soliloquy, his mental state shows signs of
declination. ....
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