Hamlets 2nd Soliloquy

In Hamlet’s second soliloquy the tones of worthlessness and inadequacy are prevalent and serve to emphasize the dissatisfaction he feels with his actions, or lack of action. He rambles incessantly and wallows in his own self-pity as he realizes he has not fulfilled his promise to the Ghost to avenge his father’s murder. Instead, he has thought more about his own death than that of his father’s supposed murderer, Claudius, and is …

…nature all serve to convey Hamlet’s tendency to complain and mope continually yet never take any action. The action he does decide to take is not even action that will directly help him achieve his desired end, that is the killing of his father’s murderer. He feels worthless, inadequate, pathetic, cowardly, and miserable. The problem with his feelings is that he has done nothing to change them. He whines but still does nothing.