Hamlet's Soliloquy In Hamlet

Soliloquys play the role of illustrating the inner thoughts of characters, while simultaneously advancing plot, and revealing something profound about the character. In Hamlet, by Shakespeare, soliloquys are used to express the motives and emotions of a young prince who wants to avenge the death of his father by killing the murderer, who happens to be his uncle, and his new stepfather. Throughout the play Hamlet, Shakespeare uses Hamlet’s soliloquys to reveal Hamlet’s high regard of moral values particularly through his motive to avenge his father, his cautious nature, and his feelings of his mother’s marriage. Hamlets view on his mother’s marriage reveals how he feels about marriage, his mother, and ultimately all women. Hamlet considers his mother to be worse than a beast …show more content…
Furthermore, Hamlet also is able to see how morally wrong incestuous relationships are when he says,” She married: — O, most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets!”(1.2). This reveals Hamlets capability to see how wrong it is for Gertrude to marry her dead husband’s brother. Once again, the public doesn’t see anything wrong with this, which further emphasizes how strongly he’s against incestuous relationships. Furthermore, Hamlet’s changed view on women is revealed through his mother’s marriage. Prior to the marriage, Hamlet’s in a loving relationship with Ophelia, and is happy to see how “loving [Hamlet] was to his mother” (1.2). This shows he respected woman, and respected the loyalty they had in their relationship. However, when his mom marries his uncle directly after his father’s death, Hamlet says, “Frailty, thy name is woman!”(1.2) Due to the great love and respect he had for her, when she went against his moral belief, it hurt him so much that he not only despised his mother, but all women as a whole. This once again reinforces Hamlet’s beliefs on marriage, and