Analysis Of Hamlet's Soliloquies

Revenge can easily devour a person. It engulfs a person through its destructive nature resulting violent or abrasive behavior. This defense mechanism occurs when humans feel as if they have been wronged, hurt, or humiliated. Revenge is simply a weak attempt to transform shame into pride. In William Shakespeare’s 1603 tragedy, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, his Elizabethan character—Prince Hamlet—originally seeks to avenge his father’s death however his sanity dwindles as he repeatedly tries to repress his anger and resentment for his uncle and new King of Denmark, Claudius. Hamlet’s waning sanity becomes more transparent as the play continues to evolve. The audience is able to track Hamlet’s rapidly deteriorating psychological …show more content…
Hamlet’s soliloquies often have multiple tone shifts and different syntaxical structures that hint towards his heightened levels of tension and anxiety. As the play develops, it becomes evident that Hamlet’s psychological state is disintegrating and increasingly unpredictable.
Hamlet’s first soliloquy, found act 1, scene 1, gives the audience a starting point to trace Hamlet’s deteriorating psychological state. In this first soliloquy, Hamlet is mourning the loss of his father and is very distraught over his mother’s remarriage because of this Hamlet is psychologically and emotionally depressed and frustrated. To express his concern for the world its potential corruption when he questions God, asking “O God, God, / How