Function Of Shakespeare s Hamlet - 1735 Words

Travis Hedgepeth Kimberly Joyner Hon. English IV 11 December, 2015 Function of the soliloquies in Hamlet The soliloquy is a tool that helps reflect the inner thought of characters throughout the story, they bring out the thought process which could not be said in a normal conversation . This speech to the audience can be in the presence of other characters in the story plot but since it is one’s inner thought , they can not hear it. Shakespeare uses this method to advance his plot in almost every play he ever written. The soliloquies function to advance the plot ,reflect inner thought and create the atmosphere of the play. The soliloquy was a technique used by playwrights to give insight to what†¦show more content†¦The depression that hamlet had been holding in his heart had been replaced with his unconstrained lust for revenge. In his sporadic chain of events he seems dazed and confused saying thing more than once, trying to process what just went on. â€Å"This is duplicative, contains much tautology, and is fr agmented and confused. To reveal his state of shock he uses rhetorical questions, short phrases, dashes, and exclamations, and jumps from subject to subject.† (Hamlet’s seven soliloquies) Hamlet in his second soliloquy hamlet not only tells us how he feels about the news,he also tells us what he is going to do about it . This sets up the purpose of the rest of the play. The atmosphere he provides is Revenge. He damns his uncle for his actions. †Ã¢â‚¬ When he says, †now to my word†¦I have sworn it† , he is letting the audience know that he will avenge his father’s death therefore creating anticipation as the audience wonders how he will achieve his retribution.†Ã¢â‚¬ (St. Rosemary Educational institution) Through the first two soliloquies provides Hamlet’s reaction to the remarriage of his mother and the discovery of his father’s murderer. The previous two soliloquies were more of an introduction into the story and to get the wheels turning for plot and atmosphere. Coming into the third installment, Hamlet is depressed at his lack of action against his treacherous uncle. â€Å"here he