Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2 Soliloquy Analysis

Act one scene two started off with a speech by Claudius. Most of his speech was discussed in class where the speech was divided up by thought. I thought it was interesting how most of Claudius’s speech was separated to bring out pity and fear into the audience. Like his first thought was about his brother’s death (pity), another thought was about his succession to the throne, and his last thought was about Fortinbras, the common enemy they all share and how they must be careful around their enemy (fear). During this tragic time, I felt it would have been more appropriate to address the old King’s death and then talk about more hopeful topics. The play even states how King Hamlet died two months ago. It feels to soon to marry the Queen (this
He was the only person that noticed how odd it is for his uncle marrying his mother so soon even though his father just passed away two months ago. You can tell by the dialogue between Claudius and Hamlet that they both don’t really like each other. At line 92, Claudius is telling Hamlet to get over the death of King Hamlet but Hamlet doesn’t want to. What I really enjoyed about this scene was how it introduced every characters’ motive and role in the story so far. Like Claudius’s motive is to be a successful king, the Queen wants to be the dutiful wife despite her husband passing away, and Hamlet has doubts towards his uncle’s succession. After Claudius and Gertrude exit, Hamlet has a monologue at line 135 which was a little confusing. At first, I thought he was just discussing how his father died, but I also noticed how Hamlet uses terms like “self-slaughter” which I think can be interpreted as suicide. I think Hamlet starts to talk about how he is so sad that he wants to kill himself. Scene three starts to take place and it opens up to Ophelia and Laertes. Their interaction was mainly Laertes warning Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet because she is starting to fall in love with