A new reign has begun. The former King Hamlet is dead Hamlet has to watch as his mother marries his father’s brother, his uncle, months after the death of the beloved ruler. Hamlet is now tormented by the ever-growing question whether to kill his uncle Claudius or leave his conspiracies aside. The two soliloquies debate whether he should commit a horrible sin or remain passive. In the William Shakespeare play Hamlet, the two soliloquies “what is a man” and “rogue and peasant slave” have many similarities of revenge. Hamlet is plagued by his feelings of responsibility to kill Claudius, he is angry at himself for letting the murder go, and wishes he had the courage to carry the inhumane deed.
Hamlet feels he is the one that needs to kill Claudius, …show more content…
The soliloquy “rogue and peasant slave,” starts out as “Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I” (2.2.509) this statement applies to how Hamlet feels in both speeches. Hamlet says he is a “peasant” and doesn’t belong in the house he is in for he is a “slave” to those around him without his own will and mind to obey his own thoughts to devise a plan. As Hamlet watches a play in “rogue and peasant slave” he say’s “is it not monstrous that this player here, but in a fiction, in a dream of passion, could force his soul so to his own conceit” (2.2.511-512). He ponders how an actor can create such strong emotions that are fake and mean nothing toward the play they are in. The actor can weep tears on a cue and express themselves as if they are truly affected by the lines written for them. He is jealous of the actor’s ability to portray a fake character as if that it is their true being. Since Hamlet acts as if he has gone crazy, unable to make sense of the outside world, he wishes he had the actor’s ability and passion for what they are doing. Throughout the play as said by Moody E. Prior “Hamlet 's conduct provides no evidence of physical fear, yet on three occasions Hamlet raises the issue of cowardice, and in each instance it reflects self-condemnation for failure to proceed energetically against the guilty Claudius”. (para 8) In the speech “what is a man” Hamlet says, “witness this army of such mass and charge led by a delicate and tender prince, whose spirit with divine ambition puffed makes mouths at the invisible event,” (4.4.47-50). Hamlet is inspired by the large army that passes by him and at the front of the army is the prince Fortinbras himself. The prince shows tremendous courage leading an army to a war instead of sending someone to war for them. The prince has the type of courage and “divine ambition” (4.4.49)
Hamlet feels he is the one that needs to kill Claudius, …show more content…
The soliloquy “rogue and peasant slave,” starts out as “Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I” (2.2.509) this statement applies to how Hamlet feels in both speeches. Hamlet says he is a “peasant” and doesn’t belong in the house he is in for he is a “slave” to those around him without his own will and mind to obey his own thoughts to devise a plan. As Hamlet watches a play in “rogue and peasant slave” he say’s “is it not monstrous that this player here, but in a fiction, in a dream of passion, could force his soul so to his own conceit” (2.2.511-512). He ponders how an actor can create such strong emotions that are fake and mean nothing toward the play they are in. The actor can weep tears on a cue and express themselves as if they are truly affected by the lines written for them. He is jealous of the actor’s ability to portray a fake character as if that it is their true being. Since Hamlet acts as if he has gone crazy, unable to make sense of the outside world, he wishes he had the actor’s ability and passion for what they are doing. Throughout the play as said by Moody E. Prior “Hamlet 's conduct provides no evidence of physical fear, yet on three occasions Hamlet raises the issue of cowardice, and in each instance it reflects self-condemnation for failure to proceed energetically against the guilty Claudius”. (para 8) In the speech “what is a man” Hamlet says, “witness this army of such mass and charge led by a delicate and tender prince, whose spirit with divine ambition puffed makes mouths at the invisible event,” (4.4.47-50). Hamlet is inspired by the large army that passes by him and at the front of the army is the prince Fortinbras himself. The prince shows tremendous courage leading an army to a war instead of sending someone to war for them. The prince has the type of courage and “divine ambition” (4.4.49)