“O, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt,” (1.2.133-164)
Paraphrase: Oh my dirtied self, I wish it would melt away and reduce to a dew. I also wish God had not made suicide a sin. Oh God oh God! This world seems so tiring, stiff, and unworthy to me (Hamlet). This world is like an untended garden, only disgusting things are growing from it. It is crazy that it has come to this. My father has been dead for two months, no, not even that much. Not even two… He was such an incredible king, compared to the current one. To compare the two is like comparing Hyperion, a god, to just satyr. He showed my mother so much love, he would even let the rough winds of heaven blow on her roughly both on Heaven and Earth. Do I have to remember? She used …show more content…
To begin, he uses a metaphor to compare the Earth to an unweeded garden. There is a noticeable connection to Hamlet’s dismay towards life and his constant call for death. He believes life is full of only evil things and wishes to step away from them. Secondly, Hamlet compares the likeness of his uncle to him to the likeness he has to Hercules. Hamlet comparing himself to the Roman demigod through an analogy reveals he is nothing like his uncle even though they are both human. As the play progressed, Hamlet could not see his uncle as nothing more than a verminous rat who needed to exterminated. In the end, they both fall like the humans they are. Hamlet, in his rage, claims comparing his father to his uncle was like comparing Hyperion to a satyr. While both are mythical beings, Hyperion was the god of heavenly power while satyrs did not have major powers. Based on this analogy, Hamlet believes throughout the play that his father was a heavenly man who did nothing but bring his country forward and yet his lowly uncle attempts to graze his father’s legacy. Referring to Niobe of Greek mythology, Hamlets attempts to draw a connection to the extent to which his mother wept. Niobe is daughter of Tantalus and her legacy lies in the weeping she cried for the death of her children. Hamlet’s fate led to the death of many children in the play such as Ophelia and later Laertes, the son of …show more content…
Who else should I include? Should I include hell? Oh gosh! Keep beating; keep beating my heart…my muscles as well... Do not grow any older. Hold me up. I will remember you! Oh, you poor ghost, as long as my memory remains in my distracted head, I will remember you! Yes, in my memory, I will get rid of pointless thoughts, books, papers and all the previous pressures. Yes, in my memory, I will get rid of childish observations so that your words can stay there for as long as I live in the books of my memory untouched by basic matters. Yes, by heaven! The most evil woman! The villain, the smiling and cursed villain, my memory! As I sit down, let me write this down. It is possible for someone to smile, smile, and still be a villain. I will make sure it happens in
Paraphrase: Oh my dirtied self, I wish it would melt away and reduce to a dew. I also wish God had not made suicide a sin. Oh God oh God! This world seems so tiring, stiff, and unworthy to me (Hamlet). This world is like an untended garden, only disgusting things are growing from it. It is crazy that it has come to this. My father has been dead for two months, no, not even that much. Not even two… He was such an incredible king, compared to the current one. To compare the two is like comparing Hyperion, a god, to just satyr. He showed my mother so much love, he would even let the rough winds of heaven blow on her roughly both on Heaven and Earth. Do I have to remember? She used …show more content…
To begin, he uses a metaphor to compare the Earth to an unweeded garden. There is a noticeable connection to Hamlet’s dismay towards life and his constant call for death. He believes life is full of only evil things and wishes to step away from them. Secondly, Hamlet compares the likeness of his uncle to him to the likeness he has to Hercules. Hamlet comparing himself to the Roman demigod through an analogy reveals he is nothing like his uncle even though they are both human. As the play progressed, Hamlet could not see his uncle as nothing more than a verminous rat who needed to exterminated. In the end, they both fall like the humans they are. Hamlet, in his rage, claims comparing his father to his uncle was like comparing Hyperion to a satyr. While both are mythical beings, Hyperion was the god of heavenly power while satyrs did not have major powers. Based on this analogy, Hamlet believes throughout the play that his father was a heavenly man who did nothing but bring his country forward and yet his lowly uncle attempts to graze his father’s legacy. Referring to Niobe of Greek mythology, Hamlets attempts to draw a connection to the extent to which his mother wept. Niobe is daughter of Tantalus and her legacy lies in the weeping she cried for the death of her children. Hamlet’s fate led to the death of many children in the play such as Ophelia and later Laertes, the son of …show more content…
Who else should I include? Should I include hell? Oh gosh! Keep beating; keep beating my heart…my muscles as well... Do not grow any older. Hold me up. I will remember you! Oh, you poor ghost, as long as my memory remains in my distracted head, I will remember you! Yes, in my memory, I will get rid of pointless thoughts, books, papers and all the previous pressures. Yes, in my memory, I will get rid of childish observations so that your words can stay there for as long as I live in the books of my memory untouched by basic matters. Yes, by heaven! The most evil woman! The villain, the smiling and cursed villain, my memory! As I sit down, let me write this down. It is possible for someone to smile, smile, and still be a villain. I will make sure it happens in