In Shakespeare's "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," we can trace Hamlet's mental process through his soliloquies. Hamlet's first soliloquy reveals him to be thoroughly disgusted with

... he Soliloquies of Hamlet Authors use various literary elements to give insight into the mental composition of their characters. In Shakespeare's "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," we can trace Hamlet's mental process through his soliloquies. Hamlet's first soliloquy reveals him to be thoroughly disgusted with Gertrude, Claudius, and the world in general. "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the uses of this world" (1284), he said. He is saddened by the death of his father, who he admired as a king and husband to his mother. His grief over his father's death is compounded by his mother's hasty marriage to Claudius. Hamlet protests, "a beast, that wants discourse of reason, would have mourn'd longer" (1285). The worst part is that he cannot tell them how he feels. In his second soliloquy, Hamlet becomes curious and suspicious after hearing of the ghost. "My

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