Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act two - scene two - line-starting 50

Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act two - scene two - line-starting 502 to 558. ‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare set in twelfth century Denmark, incorporates the idea of revenge and The Spanish tragedy throughout the Play. The Prince of Denmark ‘Hamlet’ returns home to find out that his father the King is dead, and his mother has remarried his uncle Claudius, the deceased King’s brother. He soon encounters a spirit who resembles his own father and is …

…Claudius clearly draws him to want to get back at his uncle for both murder and stealing the Queen’s heart. Adding to it the much use of punctuation illustrates his developing anger and Shakespeare’s use of harsh language and imagery also contributes to this. This soliloquy no doubt reveals Hamlet’s true feelings about the situation, as soliloquies are the true inner voice of the character, which cannot be concealed to the audience.