Hamlet 7 Soliloquies

1.2 wants to take his own life; world is a bad place; mother did not grieve for long enough and married too quickly

1.5 hamlet says he will remember the ghost and keep his promise of revenge; mad because his mother and claudius are evil but can smile

2.2 unsure whether or not to kill claudius; says that he will wait to find more evidence; beating himself up for being a coward; player shows more emotion than him

3.1 good or bad to end his life; applies to ALL; scared of life after death; says death escapes life like sleep; undiscovered country

3.2 hamlet will speak to his mother with daggers but not actually hurt her

3.3 wants to kill claudius but doesnt want to kill him when he is praying, only when he is sinning; needs to kill him when sinning so that he will go to hell not heaven

4.4 hamlet admires fortinbras for avenging his father when he has not yet gotten revenge; hamlet decides he must only focus on the revenge of his father from now on