Garden Of Eden ': An Analysis Of Hamlet's Soliloquy'

In his play, Hamlet, Shakespeare expresses his worldviews through Hamlet’s thoughts. Hamlet’s first soliloquy in act one, scene two takes place after the decease of King Hamlet. At the age of sixteen, Hamlet is depicted as a young scholar who is sensitive about moral rights, but after his father’s death he is not given enough time to grieve as the world changes before him. After his mother marries his uncle Claudius, Hamlet has unnatural feelings towards his new parents. The unnatural occurrences Hamlet experiences causes him to contemplate his thoughts about religious beliefs and his judgements towards his mother, which makes him want to escape this imperfect world. Hamlet’s soliloquy expresses his mood of despair as he ponders about how flawed his life is. In scene two, Hamlet thinks deeply to himself about suicide. Hamlet uses the words “sullied,” …show more content…
In scene two, Hamlet thinks about how great the world was when his father was alive, but then everything changes when uncle Claudius becomes the new air to the throne. Hamlet compares the Garden of Eden to his world, “‘Tis an unweeded garden/ That grows to seed. Things rank and gross in nature” (1.2 140, 141). By comparing his world to the Garden of Eden, Hamlet implies that when his father was alive, the world was a beautiful place like a garden, but when Claudius takes over, everything becomes “gross” and full of weeds. Also, the garden represents how Hamlet’s father gained Fortinbras’ land with honor, and the weeds represent how Claudius gained power by usurping the throne away from Hamlet. To add on, Hamlet considers the wedding between Claudius and Gertrude as “gross” because Hamlet’s mother betrays him when she remarries before Hamlet could even have enough time to recuperate, which causes Hamlet to lose interests of life since he could not comprehend the drastic changes he