Monday, October 1, 2018

What does the first soliloquy reveal about Hamlet's state of mind (act 1, scene 2, lines 129€“159)? This speech occurs before Horatio reports the...

has
been deeply traumatized by the death of his father and the fact that his mother, , has hastily
remarried , his wicked uncle. Indeed,is so traumatized by recent events that he wishes he could
commit suicide, that "[T]his too, too sullied flesh would melt, / Thaw, and resolve itself
into a dew." But, as he then goes to say, killing himself would go against Christian
teaching, which regards suicide as a sin. As Hamlet still prides himself on being a Christian
prince, he reluctantly adheres to the Church's strictures against
"self-slaughter."

But this only torments...

No comments:

Post a Comment

How is Joe McCarthy related to the play The Crucible?

When we read its important to know about Senator Joseph McCarthy. Even though he is not a character in the play, his role in histor...