Hamlet's Contribution

Hamlet's Contribution

  • Submitted By: Fchild
  • Date Submitted: 10/19/2008 9:33 AM
  • Category: English
  • Words: 380
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The frustration and realization of what he has to do and what he has promised his father contributes to the play significantly. Without this soliloquy Hamlet would not have realize his own demons and the faults in his personality and him as a human being. The soliloquy itself leads Hamlet into the scene where he actually kills King Claudius; it then makes clear of where Hamlet stands and what his intentions are. The number one character trait that is revealed in this soliloquy is the fact that Hamlet is a procrastinator; he spends more time pondering and talking about the plan then actually fulfilling the act. He feels guilty that he has not yet carried out his act of revenge. He compares himself with a beast because like the beast all he does is eat and sleep. He feels that he is not a real man. The soliloquy motivates Hamlet into actually standing up and admitting that he has danced around the subject of killing the King. He talks about how if Fortinbras can do something and gain so little why cannot he do what he needs to. In a way Fortinbras is one of Hamlets main motivator. But he also view Fortinbras as a fool because he is engaging in a war only to gain a piece of land. Hamlet feels that a piece worthless land is really not worth for the lives of the soldiers who will die in the battle. The content of the soliloquy takes away sympathy because throughout the whole play he is procrastinating which makes the audience feel aggravated and impatient because they would like for him to just get on with it. It advances the plot in a way that is helping the progression of the play; it gets the ball rolling in the direction it needs to go. It also furthers the plot into its tragic ending. The soliloquy reveals suspense to the audience in questioning whether or not he will take his revelations and pursue them. However, in the end of the scene, Hamlet walks off not to kill the king but to head to England. This keeps the audience wondering if he will...

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