Hamlet - The Soliloquy

             All of Hamlet's soliloquies say something important about his character, the way he feels, and the way he thinks. His famous soliloquy, "To be or not to be" says very much about how he is feeling in during the most recent events in the play.
             Hamlet's character is very complex. He wants to take action but he fears losing his soul. He's more of an intellectual who thinks of the future rather than the now. In his soliloquy "To be or not to be," he is once again over analyzing his situation to the point of being suicidal. He's got so many thoughts conflicting in his mind that he wants to just end it all. He knows what he has been asked to do, and what he wishes he could do for his father but his conscience fights his heart. Before "To be or not to be" Hamlet seemed as if he wanted to follow his mind and logically he did not want to kill a man. His mind told him he would lose his soul if he did. His heart was telling him to fulfill his father's wishes and he seemed to lean toward this option after the 4th soliloquy. During the middle soliloquy however, he seemed to want to ignore both his heart and mind, which would lose his soul and neglect his father's wishes.
             Hamlet may put too much thought into things but he also expresses his feelings very strongly in his soliloquies. Sometimes he is very angry at the king, sometimes he's envious of someone he wishes he could be like and sometimes he was depressed and ready to give up. In "To be or not to be" he was once again ready to give up. He abandoned his logic and heart and became selfish to the point of just wanting peace. In this soliloquy he speaks of death as a great peace where you owe nothing and nothing is expected of you. I believe he was speaking of the great job expected of him. In death this great burdon would lift.
             Hamlet's thoughts seem to be everywhere. He struggles with every possibility and tries to weigh each possible outcome. By the forth soliloquy he is so sick
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