Discuss the significance of Hamlets Soliloquies.
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Discuss the significance of Hamlet's Soliloquies. In the play "Hamlet" the eponymous character fills the audience with confusion with his faux madness and his bizarre lies, he tells the audience one thing yet in reality means and does another. The only time that we, the audience can truly see Hamlet's true thought is during one of his famous soliloquies for which the play is justifiably famous. In these soliloquies Hamlet attempts to forward his actions toward killing the King but in reality the soliloquies just serve to hinder the story as the make Hamlet's mind a muddle of contradicting thoughts and ideas. Soliloquies played a major part in many Elizabethan plays as they served as a useful narration device for the audience and gave them a clear insight into the character's feelings, motivation and reasons behind their actions at a specific point in the play. They also give the audience an idea...

