Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Hamlets Soliliquies
- 1ST SOLILIQUY
Dramatises the idea of a
man wrestling with his
thoughts and feelings
- The first thing he expresses is the
grief he feels for the loss of his
father- and the love he bore for
him
- 'Heaven and Earth/
Must I remember?'
- Disjointed rhythm show his
inner turmoil- The
spontainaiety of his speech
contrasts to Claudius'
flowing lines. Thinking out
loud- stopping and starting
in pain and confusion
- 'Hyperion to a
satyr
- Compares OKH to a god- of the
sun- sustainer of life- reliability-
beauty- to a creature- repulsive-
insignificant, pestering and
diseased. Bigger contrast.
- It becomes Clear
his grief is so
overwhelming that
he is suicidal
- 'Weary, stale, flat, unprofitable'
- Listing stresses each word
showing his disgust and
his exhaustion
- 'It that the Everlasting
had not fixed/ His cannon
'gainst elf slaughter'
- God forbids suicide and revenge- Still
religious but loyalty to his father?
introduce s the moral struggle he has
between God and his father
- He also expresses his hatred for
his uncle- biasing the audience.
- 'most wicked
speed...incestuous
sheets'
- Explaining his isolation- hissing
sibilance- anger at this- laying the
foundations of the plot and Hamlets
feeling toward Claudius- building
protagonist and antagonist
Exposition.
- 'Break my heart for I
must hold my tongue'
- Struggling in silence- reiterates
the turmoil he faces- Feels
trapped- audience sympathises
with him- he is simply a grieving
son who is alone in his troubles.-
Justification for his bitterness.
- 2ND SOLILIQUY
Angry that he hasn't
taken action yet-
(2.1)
- He starts of angry
at himself- and
disgusted.
- 'O, what a rogue
peasant slave am I'
- Giving himself the
lowest place in
society- Hyperbollic
phrase-Exclamtory
sentences show his
desperation and
turmoil
- 'remorseless,
treacherous,
leacherous,
kindless;
- Repitition of 'less'-
focusing on all the things
he lacks- sibilance-
spitting- building of
anger- drags out word
- Then describes
the sheer
power of the
players- to tell
himself what he
should be doing
- 'For Hecuba?/ .. What
would he do/ had he the
motive... That I have?
- Ceasura and gap- break in the
line- emphasises his sudden
change from anger and
distress to
confusion-Rhetorical Q's show
upset and doubt-low self
esteem & vulnerability
heightens our sympathy-
- 'make mad the guilty
and appal the
free/confound the
ignorant'
- Again hyperbolic-
juxtaposed phrases- implies
the sheer power of players-
ability to manipulate
feelings.
- He considers it a
bad thing he is
not raging with
anger
- 'region kites .. slave's
offal-bloody bawdy villain'
- Ceasura builds uncomfortable
atmosphere- drags out and
emphasises this negative section-
vivid violent imagery- gone from
disappointment to violence.
- 'prompted to my
revenge by heaven
and Hell'
- Idea that both want
him to take revenge
even though they are
complete
opposites-convincing
himself revenge has
good consequences as
well as bad.
- Feel very vulnerable-
and recognises
perhaps the ghost
was only playing on
this.
- Out of.. my melancholy .. As he is
very potent with such spirits'
- Devil may have taken
advantage of his sorrow and
sadness-Isolation- cannot
trust anyone-This shows he
is questioning his whole
purpose for living-
APPEARANCE VS REALITY.
- 'Am I a Coward?
- Towards the end he
begins to plan and
becomes more resolute
- 'For murder, though it
have no tongue, will
speak'
- Personifying-
real significance
- 'The play's the thing,/
Wherein I'll catch the
conscience of the King'
- Again- decideds to test the
Ghosts words for himself-m
Shows he ios being logical about
the situation-rhyming couplet-
Hamlet appears in less disarray-
and regained his motivation to
avenge hois father- He too is
setting up a trap- massively
contrasts to chaos and confusion-
more resolute.
- Love for his father
remains continuous even
though his thoughts and
feelings are changing.
- 'most dear
life'
- using superlatives-
continuously elevates
his father.
- 3RD SOLILIQUY-
Contemplating living
and facing troubles
- Begins very alienated from a
world that causes him great
pain- carries his philosophical
student character.
- 'To be, or not to be-that
is the Question'
- immediatley see his suicidal
melancholy- detatched-no use of
posessive pronounsfelective-mral-
his mind makes huim unlike
other-simple-minded heroic figures.-
calm and philosophical
- modern audience-
more hard to engage
as it is so well known
in literature- directors
must try and think of
differnt approaches.
- 'Nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune .. take
arms against a sea of troubles'
- Semantic field of abttle-opposing
forces- wounded-pain-tragedy
-Shows he feels attacked-fight or
accept- either way it is dooming.
Describes his troubles as a 'sea'
showing how big he thinks they
are- drowning- visual helplessness.
Imagery of what an overpowering
force he is facing- sense of futility-
all encompassing- endless
- 'To die: to
sleep...To die:
to sleep'
- Repetition intensifies his
obsession- putting them
side by side- Both are a
state of unconsciousness-
seemingly relaxation-
wants relief from his
thoughts shown by
ceasuras- slows rhythm-
drags out lines- sleepy
- He starts to think
logically about life
after death- more a
psycological issue
than an ethical one.
- 'For in that sleep
of death what
dreams may
come'
- Catch of suicide- it is an endless
nightmare- Shows that this is the
on;ly thing stopping him- truly
feels he has nothing to live for-
reflections relate to his reluctance
to commit murder
- 'Bear the whips and
scorns of time'
- 'bear'- shows how
he is struggling
through life and
'time' suggests each
moment longer is
more painful and is
a burden.
- Suggests his
conscience is a
bad thing
- 'Thus conscience
does make u
cowards'
- His hesitation and therefore
his thinking and reasoning is
making him careful-which he
sees as cowardly- watching a
man tell himself he does not
need to think-dangerous
consequences- build tension
as he begins to allow himself
to lose conttrol.
- 'native hue of
resolution .. sickled
o'er with the pale
cast of thought
- Visual imagery-
compares it to a
complexion- makes
thought seem like a
disease- stops him frm
being resolute and so
the turmoil he is left
him makes him want
to ditch it
- 4TH SOLILIQUY
REeinding
himself not to
physically harm
his mother'
- There is semantic field of
danger and darkness
- 'withcing .. churchyards
.. hell .. contagion .. hot
blood'
- Semantic field of
danger/darkness- sinsiter
vulgarity- showing his
intentions-
- 'churchyards
yawn'
- Personification- vivid imagery-
had to be because less
stagecraft. Indicates ghosts
emerging from graves.
- 'Bitter business'
- plosive alliteration-
harsh sounds-
emotive language
- He then talks about
the conduct
towards hos
mother'
- 'Soft now to my
mohter'
- Tone changes- wants to be
gentler- links to Ophelia-
could be because of affection
or because he feels women
cannot handle anything else
- 'I will speak daggers to
her but use none'
- Doesnt want to hurt her
physically- wants her to feel
his upset- sounds very in
control and clear of what
he wants- but ends up
triggering a chain of events
over which he has no
control.
- 'my words somever
be shent .. To give
them seals never, my
soul consent'
- Ends in a rhyming couplet- to show clearly
and decisively how he does not want to
harm his mother- Polonius is all the more
foolish for thinking he would