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Hamlet Soliloquies

William Shakespeare does an excellent job at portraying Hamlets evolving character after each of his soliloquies.. Hamlet is shown as a sniffling-little-boy to the last when he sets his priorities straight after witnessing Fortinbras' army march out to a pointless death for honor. His point of view death also changes, at first being very scared to finally understanding that in death all men become equal. It is in these soliloquies that, Hamlet's character and position in the play evolve.
The purpose of Hamlets first soliloquy is to show his anger and disgust over the union of his mom and uncle. Hamlet feels that Gertrude has betrayed his father "things rank and gross in nature … She married. O, most wicked speed" (1.2.140). He is also very aggravated at thought that Claudius was trying to be his new "dad". " …but no more like my father, Than I to Hercules". Hamlet is basically saying that Claudius isn't half the man that his dad was. In the end Hamlet doesn't really make any......


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