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A soliloquy is a speech made to the audience by a main character in a play. There are seven soliloquies in Hamlet of which I have studied three.
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A soliloquy is a speech made to the audience by a main character in a play. There are seven soliloquies in Hamlet of which I have studied three. The soliloquies are used to get into the mind of Hamlet. It is a psychological drama so what's going on in his mind is very important to the story. It also shows his isolation. Hamlet's first soliloquy introduces Hamlet. It is set at court and takes place before Hamlet knows his father, the king, has been murdered. The court has departed and Hamlet is left by himself. The change in between the noise and the quiet and emptiness in which he now finds himself, amplifies his isolation. Hamlet is annoyed at the way everybody has got over his father's death and has stopped mourning really quickly. This is shown in the argument he has with Claudius over wearing mourning clothes. Hamlet is the...
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