The soliloquy of act 2 scene 2 is focused on inner struggles with revenge. Earlier in this scene, Hamlet asks the actors to recite the story of Priam. While viewing this play hamlet realized the flaw in all that he has been doing, or hasn’t been doing, to act revenge on Claudius. Claudius killed Hamlet's father and stole the crown and hamlet is the only one who knows so he hatches a plan. He has made a few attempts of Claudius' life but failed. He is beating himself up at this point. As the play goes on we get a look into Hamlet's mind and we get to witness him going a bit crazy, for real this time, over the fact that he hasn’t followed with his plan.
At the beginning of this soliloquy, Hamlet is watching the play being performed for him. "Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, a broken voice, and his whole function suiting with forms to his conceit” (563) We get a visual of the actor as he's reciting the monologue from the story of Priam's death. Priam was the king of Troy, "Hecuba" was his wife. Hecuba had to witness Priam's death, in the result of this she became a mean ball of vengeance. '"For Hecuba? What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba that he should weep for her?" (566) Hamlet is wondering how the actor can connect to a …show more content…
“I’ll have these players play something like the murder of my father before mine uncle” (603) he chooses the story of Priam to hatch his plan, the story of a king who is murdered. This would hit something close to home with them and he knows this. “I’ll observe his looks” (605) this way he will know if the king is truly guilty after he sees Claudius’ reaction, there will be no more doubt of if he is doing the right thing. He knows what he will do next. “The spirit that I have seen may be a devil, and the devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps, out of my weakness and melancholy, as he is very potent with such spirits, abuses me to damn me” (607) He doubts
At the beginning of this soliloquy, Hamlet is watching the play being performed for him. "Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, a broken voice, and his whole function suiting with forms to his conceit” (563) We get a visual of the actor as he's reciting the monologue from the story of Priam's death. Priam was the king of Troy, "Hecuba" was his wife. Hecuba had to witness Priam's death, in the result of this she became a mean ball of vengeance. '"For Hecuba? What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba that he should weep for her?" (566) Hamlet is wondering how the actor can connect to a …show more content…
“I’ll have these players play something like the murder of my father before mine uncle” (603) he chooses the story of Priam to hatch his plan, the story of a king who is murdered. This would hit something close to home with them and he knows this. “I’ll observe his looks” (605) this way he will know if the king is truly guilty after he sees Claudius’ reaction, there will be no more doubt of if he is doing the right thing. He knows what he will do next. “The spirit that I have seen may be a devil, and the devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps, out of my weakness and melancholy, as he is very potent with such spirits, abuses me to damn me” (607) He doubts