Hamlets first 3 soliloquies
...howing affection for one another torments him, and he does not believe his mother feels any grief or sadness over his fathers death. Hamlet is extremely depressed over the recent series of events and desires to end his own life. He feels that suicide is a better alternative to living in the painful world he must deal with, but he knows it is forbidden by his religion. The first soliloquy shows Hamlet’s inner torment and pain caused by the death of his father and disgust with the marriage of Gertrude and Claudius. Hamlet’s inner conflict in revealed more through his second soliloquy as he expresses his loss of self respect and his feeling of inadequacy. Hamlet’s second soliloquy comes in Act II scene 2 after he arranges for a play resembling the murder of his father. He condemns himself for not fulfilling his promise to the ghost of his father to avenge his father’s death by murdering Claudius. He instead has been thinking more about his own death than the murder of Claudius, and Hamlet feels he is a coward for taking no action to accomplish the murder. Hamlet feels inadequate as he realizes that a player put more effort into his performance than he has into avenging his own father’s death. Hamlet condemns himself through various ways for being a coward and seeking no revenge on Claudius. This self-condemnation is done in an effort to convince to motivate him to take some action towards his father’s revenge. Hamlet also states that he hopes his passion will overcome his better judgment and conscience enabling him to kill Claudius without hesitation. He concludes the soliloquy by discussing his plan for Claudius to reveal his guilt after witnessing the play “the Mousetrap”. He knows that he can’t go through with an effort to murder the king without proof that what the ghost said to him is tr...