The Soliloquies of Hamlet
Authors use various literary elements to give insight
into the mental composition of their characters. In
Shakespeare's "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," we can trace
Hamlet's mental process through his soliloquies.
Hamlet's first soliloquy reveals him to be thoroughly
disgusted with Gertrude, Claudius, and the world in general.
"How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the
uses of this world" (1284), he said. He is saddened by the
death of his father, who he admired as a king and husband to
his mother. His grief over his father's death is
compounded…
