Examples Of Introspection In Hamlet

Reflecting on experiences and thoughts is important and even more so when evaluating one's personal thoughts. Introspection is the evaluation of an individual's thoughts and mental process from their own perspective. Works such as Hamlet written by Shakespeare and the poem If You Forget Me written by Pablo Neruda are examples of the process of introspection of an individual. In Hamlet, the prince Hamlet is faced with the loss of his father, the king, while his family members betray him and the father. Hamlet evaluates himself on whether he is truly in sorrow for his father and he contemplates if his father's death was murder. In Neruda’s If You Forget Me the author evaluates her emotions towards a relationship with another, this is another variation of introspection. Hamlet ultimately uses introspection as a way to delay avenging his father, whereas Neruda uses it to explain himself to a valued …show more content…
Secondly, the poem demonstrates that introspection can help aid the decisions one may make, whereas Hamlet’s introspective approach influences his actions simply by the personal evaluation of his father’s murder. Finally, in the poem, Neruda separates her thoughts into two possible sides whereas Prince Hamlet would usually take the situation much deeper and highlights all the possible outcomes. Introspection whether it may be healthy, too much can be deteriorating to the mind, Hamlet and the two poems help draw the line to as which is contemplation and which is the detriment of one's self from excessive introspection.

An individual may think over something so that they may become more certain about a decision or to simply subconsciously stall on a decision they are trying to make. In Hamlet, the prince is brought to the attention that his father had been betrayed and killed by his uncle so that he may