Talking To Yourself
(Discussing three major themes of Hamlet acts 1-3 in the siliques) Hamlet the play acts one through three have very important themes that set up for the rest of the play. If you don’t read carefully you won’t be able to see the themes, for they are shown through three major soliloquies. Hamlet is the one that shows us everything we need to know about the setup for the rest of the play. There are three major themes that we are introduced to in Hamlet acts one through three.
In act one scene two we are introduced to the theme of mortality in Hamlet's soliloquy. Mortality is the state of being subject to death, which in this case Hamlet's dad was killed and betrayed by his brother. “A little more than, kin and less than kind.” (Hamlet act one scene two lines 66). Hamlet here is talking about his uncle/stepdad he has never liked his uncle but know that his dad has died his uncle married his mom and is now Hamlets step dad. “...Or that the everlasting had not fixed his canon ‘gainst self-slaughter.” (Hamlet act one scene two lines 133-134). Hamlet is so sad that he wants to kill himself, but he …show more content…
His lover Ophelia has been told that she can’t talk to Hamlet anymore and his dad's ghost has told him that his dad has been murdered not bit by a snake. His dad’s ghost has told him to get revenge on Claudius the guy that killed him, but Hamlet is stuck and doesn’t know if the ghost is his dad or something else telling him to kill Claudius. “...Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here, but a fiction in a dream of passion...” (Hamlet act two scene two lines 536-549). In these lines Hamlet says how he is nothing good, that when the ghost told him to get revenge all he has been doing is talking. He hasn’t even thought about how to get Claudius back for what he did to his
(Discussing three major themes of Hamlet acts 1-3 in the siliques) Hamlet the play acts one through three have very important themes that set up for the rest of the play. If you don’t read carefully you won’t be able to see the themes, for they are shown through three major soliloquies. Hamlet is the one that shows us everything we need to know about the setup for the rest of the play. There are three major themes that we are introduced to in Hamlet acts one through three.
In act one scene two we are introduced to the theme of mortality in Hamlet's soliloquy. Mortality is the state of being subject to death, which in this case Hamlet's dad was killed and betrayed by his brother. “A little more than, kin and less than kind.” (Hamlet act one scene two lines 66). Hamlet here is talking about his uncle/stepdad he has never liked his uncle but know that his dad has died his uncle married his mom and is now Hamlets step dad. “...Or that the everlasting had not fixed his canon ‘gainst self-slaughter.” (Hamlet act one scene two lines 133-134). Hamlet is so sad that he wants to kill himself, but he …show more content…
His lover Ophelia has been told that she can’t talk to Hamlet anymore and his dad's ghost has told him that his dad has been murdered not bit by a snake. His dad’s ghost has told him to get revenge on Claudius the guy that killed him, but Hamlet is stuck and doesn’t know if the ghost is his dad or something else telling him to kill Claudius. “...Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here, but a fiction in a dream of passion...” (Hamlet act two scene two lines 536-549). In these lines Hamlet says how he is nothing good, that when the ghost told him to get revenge all he has been doing is talking. He hasn’t even thought about how to get Claudius back for what he did to his