Hamelt Soliloquies

Hamlet Soliloquies

How many feelings does one person have? There is the familiar happy, sad and angry, but what about more complex feelings like hate and disgust, maybe even guilt? In William Shakespeare's most popular and powerful tragedy, Hamlet, Shakespeare does an excellent job of portraying Hamlet's many different attitudes. Throughout the play, Hamlet has many soliloquies, and expresses many different attitudes including sorrow, anger and hatred, and guilt. His attitude eventually turns into motivation.

In his first soliloquy Hamlet shows great sorrow over the death of his father. Soon after the death of his father his mother weds Claudius, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet makes it clear that he does not like Claudius as King, in the slightest. He compares his father to a God and his uncle to a beast, he says "So excellent a Kings, that was to his Hyperion to a satyr" (1.2.141-142). During the remainder of the soliloquy Hamlet goes into great detail and explains his feelings towards Claudius, and how much he dislikes him.

Hamlet learns very upsetting news in act 1, scene 5. The ghost of his father visits Hamlet and explains to him that Claudius is the person who murders him. Hamlets expressions let the reader know that he is extremely upset and angry with Claudius. Hamlet expresses in his soliloquy that he believes Claudius is a hypocrite. He pretends that he has done absolutely nothing wrong, but in reality he is a murderer. Hamlet explains his feelings towards Claudius when he says " O villain, villain, smiling damned villain!" (1.5.111). Hamlet is conveying that he believes Claudius is a very bad person; mischievous, conniving, and a murderer. Although no one has yet to catch him, or even suspect that he has killed King Hamlet, Hamlet knows the truth. Hamlet dislikes the new king significantly even before he finds out he is responsible for the death of his father. The information he acquires from the ghost causes him to feel hatred toward Claudius.

Hamlet's third soliloquy starts with "Now I