Shakespeare's Hamlet: Analysis of Soliloquy and Creation of Soliloquies

Running head: SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET
Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET1
Hamlet is one of the well-known tragedies which was written by English author and
playwright William Shakespeare. It tells the readers the story of Prince Hamlet of Denmark,
who wants to avenge his father King Hamlet by killing his uncle Claudius for murdering his
father and his marrying his mother. It is often considered to be the longest of the tragedies
written by William Shakespeare.
The play is known for having a number of soliloquies by Hamlet which is considered
to be the most important of all soliloquies to be said in the play. These soliloquies form one
of the basic ways in which the audience gets to know about the evets of the play itself.
Hence, this forms an important element of the tragedy in the play itself. That is why
the soliloquies are considered are an essential part of the play.
The purpose of this essay is to analyse one of the soliloquies of Hamlet in the play
and also to create a soliloquy for one of the characters of the play as well as a soliloquy
for the reader in the play.
The tragedy Hamlet is known to be one of the best tragedies written by William
Shakespeare. The main character in the play Hamlet, is said to be one of the best characters to
be created by William Shakespeare.
This is because of the psychologically astute characterization of the protagonist which
makes the character enjoyable to the readers themselves (Shakespeare, 2018).
In the play, it can be said that the character of Hamlet is said to have a number of
important soliloquies which enables the readers to understand the way the character feels and
sees the things around him/her.

SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET2
The readers are well-aware about the personal loss which the character of Hamlet has
encountered in his life. In this case, it is therefore important for the readers to accept the
character of Hamlet as one of the most well-known creations of William Shakespeare.
“To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?” (Act 3, Scene 1)
Most of the experts agree the fact that this is considered to be the most important of
all soliloquies to be stated by Hamlet himself. This is also the most famous of all the
quotations to be used by the character of Hamlet in the play.
What makes the quote important for the readers is the fact that the opening lines of
the tragedy is important, interesting, memorable and intriguing.
Another reason for the importance of the article is the fact that the playwright William
Shakespeare has used several ways to deal with the soliloquy and the various ways it reflects
the character situations as it being faced by the character of Hamlet in the tragedy.
Shakespeare has also dealt with more profound concepts and have put the
philosophical ideas into the tragedy by putting these ideas into the mouth of the characters on
the stage.
This exactly has been the same case with the character of Hamlet in the tragedy
(Shakespeare, 2018). The readers are of the opinion that the first six words of the soliloquy
are said to create a balance in the tragedy.