How Does Shakespeare Use Soliloquies In Hamlet Act 4

The soliloquy in Act 4 scene 4 is one of the most important soliloquies because he brings up and addresses multiple themes within it. Shakespeare does a great job of utilizing the soliloquies to help improve the meaning of the play. Within the soliloquies he uses an abundance of literary techniques to help enhance the meaning of play through these soliloquies. The soliloquy in Act 4 scene 4 uses techniques like irony to help the reader understand what Hamlet is going through his head. He uses these techniques to help us get a better of the characters and especially Hamlet since he is the main character. In the Act 4 scene 4 soliloquy Shakespeare uses multiple literary elements to enhance the meaning of the soliloquy along with the play. He uses irony multiple times throughout the first couple lines of soliloquy to help show the theme of procrastination. For example, “How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge!” (31-32) Here Shakespeare uses irony to show how much conflict Hamlet is in over deciding whether to kill Claudius or not. The theme of procrastination is ever present in this book because Hamlet keeps on waiting to kill King Claudius but at the end he is …show more content…
He uses description to help describe the motivation that Hamlet needed to get himself back up and finally kill Claudius. Hamlet says, “Witness this army of such mass and charge Led by a delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed,” (47-49) to help gain the motivation he needs to kill Claudius. Shakespeare this description and diction to help show Hamlet that he needs to get stronger and kill his Claudius. He calls the prince “delicate and tender” to help himself gain the motivation that he needs to kill King Claudius. Shakespeare uses a multitude of literary techniques to help the central idea and plot develop. He also uses them to help portray certain themes throughout the