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Describe in detail, Hamlet’s state of
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Describe in detail, Hamlet's state of mind as expressed in his first soliloquy and the reasons for it. From Hamlet's first soliloquy in act I scene II, it is clear to the audience that he is not in a clear, rational, or healthy state of mind: speaking of his desire for suicide. He describes his body as "sullied"- tainted and dirty, wishing for it to "melt" or dissolve into nothingness. So pessimistic and cynical is hamlets worldview at this time, that he describes the world as "flat and unprofitable...things rank and gross in nature possess it merely" In Hamlet's state of mind he cannot see good in anything of the world, his despair has caused him to doubt that there is any goodness or innocence left in the world for him to benefit from. Hamlet refers to the world in a metaphor as "an un-weeded garden", directing the audience to...
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