Hamlet soliloquoy
Charles Russell Essay This soliloquy by Hamlet generally has a self-deprecating attitude, which intensifies throughout the speech. ... ” Early in the soliloquy Hamlet has a confused and depressed attitude. ... Hamlet inquisition and contemplation continues when he says, “I do not know why yet I live to say ‘This thing’s to do;’ sith I have cause and will and strength and means. ... ” Here, Hamlet sees an army wholeheartedly die for no more than, “an egg-shell,” without giving it a second thought. ... Hamlet’s attitude, and guilt, has now developed to the point where he believes it’s his duty to act hastily when dealing with family honor. ... The speech ends with Hamlet exclaiming “O, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!