Analysis of Hamlet's Soliloquy Essay

Hamlets Soliloquy

In Act three Hamlets faced with the thought of suicide. This is the first moment in which Hamlet is able to meditate upon his problems. After a series of tribulations have been throw his way Hamlets is confused about everything, but he begins to apologize to himself for thinking such thoughts, and realizes he has a duty to fulfill. Shakespeares uses the devices to help create meaning in this soliloquy.

Iambic is a foot consisting of an unaccented and accented syllable. Shakespeare often uses iambic, for example the beginning of Hamlet's speech. To be or not to be: that is the question (III.i.58). Hamlet walks in and is speaking thoughtfully but deranged to himself about whether he should commit suicide to end the pain of deceit. Recognition is the point at which a character understands his situation as it really is. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer (line 60) The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune(line 60) Or to take arms against the sea of troubles (line 60). He speaks of the depression of his life saying that no one would want to ever deal with it, unless they were afraid of what will happen after death. Should he put up with what destiny throws his way or end it for good? Shakespeare then allows Hamlet to take this allusion a step higher.

A metaphor is a comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word. When Shakespeare allows Hamlet to compare death to sleeping you realize that he saying there the same. And, by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep No moreand by a sleep to say we end (line 60). Dying and sleeping that is all dying seems to be is a long sleep that ends all the heartache and distress that life hands us. To die, to sleepto sleep maybe to dream. Do you get it? In deaths sleep who knows what kind of dreams might come. Once we are dead life is behind us, and all we have left is to dreams (line 65). When shuffle off the mortal coal me (65). Must give us pause: theres the respect That make calamity of so long life; for who would bare the scorns of time, The oppressors wrong, the proud mans contumely, (Line70). That's the grace that allows us to put up with suffering along time. It is not too many people who would put up with all life's shame. The abuse from the many that think they are better than you, the down talking of pig headed men, the broking heart of love that is never shown, the bogus laws that are set up to keep us down. You are wasting time all you have to do is pull out your weapon of destruction and end life in 20 seconds rather than enduring twenty years of pain. It is because he is afraid of not knowing what will happen next. Now imagine Shakespeare allowing Hamlets mind to explore deeper into the world.

Imagery is the pattern of related comparative aspects of language, particularly of images, in a literary work. Shakespeare grasp that concept when he writes The undiscoverd country, from whose bourn,- No travels returns,-puzzles the will, and makes us rather bear those ill we have(line 80-90). The undiscovered country from which no visitor returns, we constantly wonder about them, but we never get any answers from them we jus stick to our evil ways we are use to and soon pick up more bad habits that cause more problems. Fear of death is in many people, and our ordinary courage begins to lack from to much thinking. Many of our action get pushed and turned the other way, and do not become what we want them to be.

Living or dying is a part of life and in some ways you have a choice on which one you prefer. In the treacherous society suicide is as simple as taking a Tylenol. Shakespeare (Hamlet) takes what people are scared to say and allows everybody that is thinking about ending there life to let them know that they are not alone. Knowing what will happen after will hurt you more than the pain you are dealing with.