Hamlet is a conflicted soul. Up to this scene we see Hamlet as a thinker in his many moments of deliberation. This monologue, a soliloquy, is one of those moments. A soliloquy is speech in which a character speaks to himself, the audience, or others not present. They are a dramatic means of representing a character’s thoughts and therefore it seems appropriate that a thinker would have many such monologues. Arguably, as was scene in past scenes and upcoming ones, Hamlet has a great deal to think about. He is also something of a philosopher. He contemplates how and why things are. Though given to fits of anger, Hamlet seems most in his element when he is melancholic. It is at these times that he confronts his greatest enemy, his own inability
