Hamlet's Soliloquy analysis

             Through the soliloquy in scene two of Act one, Hamlet shows his agony for his mother¡¯s remarriage to ¡°her brother¡± and his despair, for he ¡°must hold his tongue.¡± His feeling of despair and sorrow drives him to the thought of suicide as reveal in the statement, ¡°that the Everlasting had not fixed/ His canon ¡®gainst self-slaughter!¡± Hamlet¡¯s duplication of ¡°too¡± intensifies his feelings of lamentation.
             His mother¡¯s hasty remarriage in less than two month after the former King¡¯s death, which drives Hamlet¡¯s melancholy mood, most troubles him due to the Christian faith in which King Claudius has become Queen Gertrude¡¯s spiritual brother through her marriage to the former King. Feeling that he stands in a place of chaos with no order, he exaggeratingly describes his country, ¡°an unweeded garden that grows to seed,¡± when a well-tended garden symbolizes harmony and normalcy. ¡°Things rank and gross in nature/ Possess it merely,¡± in which Hamlet means that in the garden of Denmark, things have grown out of control and possess power entirely. In addition to his mother¡¯s remarriage, Hamlet also feels that the order has gone wicked that a person other than the lineage of former King has ascended the throne.
             Hamlet also compares his father, former King, and King Claudius with Hyperion and Satyr. Referring his father as Hyperion and King Claudius as a Satyr, Hamlet reveals his contempt for King Claudius, illustrated as beast-like image compared to Godlike King Hamlet. With his comparison, Hamlet¡¯s feeling of agony for his mother more intensifies. ¡°Frailty, thy name is woman!¡± Hamlet knows his father¡¯s love for his mother as revealed partly in the quote, ¡°he might not beteem the winds of heaven/ Visit her face too roughly.¡± His inability to understand his mother¡¯s hasty remarriage leads him to the misconception o...

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