Having a father murdered, and the mother remarry two months after he is killed to her husband’s brother, also the person who committed the murder, is no walk in the park for anyone including Hamlet. Hamlet sees a ghost who appears to be his father, the former King. He informs Hamlet that Claudius had poisoned him preceding his death. As a result of this Hamlet’s behavior and State of mind in the three soliloquies changes slightly as the plot carries through: in the first one he seems angry and hopeless, the second he seems analytical and shocked, and the third he seems suicidal and existentialist. In Hamlet 's first soliloquy he makes it apparent that King Hamlet was a very respected father, loyal husband, and a great king. Hamlet feels
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He debates whether or not he should continue suffering through the unfortunate events and execute the revenge set out by the ghost. He makes death sound so peaceful by comparing death to sleep as well as saying, “To die, to sleep; / No more; and by a sleep to say we end / The heartache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to, ‘tis a consummation / Devoutly to be wished!” (Act 3, Scene 1) Suddenly problems are all gone and there is nothing to worry about. It is in the words like flesh and thousand natural shocks that the reader can conceptualize and feel the heartache he has gone through, and almost justifies the peace he would find through death. His state of mind becomes existentialist in that he is ok with death. Hamlet feels as though once he kills Claudius, he will in turn die too, but once again Hamlet being the over analytical character, was afraid what life after death was like, therefore he did not take his chance to kill Claudius. Hamlet begins to realize he over thinks everything, and he just needs to get the job done. He says, admitting to his problem, “Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.” At this point he accepts that he has been acting like a coward, he is going to kill Claudius, and that there is nothing wrong with death. In this soliloquy he experienced the biggest change in mindset from the first soliloquy because before he was very against suicide/
He debates whether or not he should continue suffering through the unfortunate events and execute the revenge set out by the ghost. He makes death sound so peaceful by comparing death to sleep as well as saying, “To die, to sleep; / No more; and by a sleep to say we end / The heartache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to, ‘tis a consummation / Devoutly to be wished!” (Act 3, Scene 1) Suddenly problems are all gone and there is nothing to worry about. It is in the words like flesh and thousand natural shocks that the reader can conceptualize and feel the heartache he has gone through, and almost justifies the peace he would find through death. His state of mind becomes existentialist in that he is ok with death. Hamlet feels as though once he kills Claudius, he will in turn die too, but once again Hamlet being the over analytical character, was afraid what life after death was like, therefore he did not take his chance to kill Claudius. Hamlet begins to realize he over thinks everything, and he just needs to get the job done. He says, admitting to his problem, “Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.” At this point he accepts that he has been acting like a coward, he is going to kill Claudius, and that there is nothing wrong with death. In this soliloquy he experienced the biggest change in mindset from the first soliloquy because before he was very against suicide/