O God, God!
How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!(1.2.131-134)”
Hamlet goes on to question his mother’s loyalty to Old King Hamlet because of the short time period between his father’s death and Gertrude’s marriage to Claudius. Hamlet is concerned with the mental state of his mother. He believes that all women are fragile and weak, and while she was in this state, Claudius came to claim the throne and take advantage of his mother.
“Frailty, thy name is woman!” (1.2.146)
“O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason
Would have mourned longer!—married with my uncle” …show more content…
He further explains the plan to outwit his uncle in this soliloquy, saying he will watch closely to the way his uncle reacts to a play that is very comparable in the plot line to the actions Claudius has taken to become King. Hamlet reveals that he feels he has taken a cowardly approach to making sure that the ghost was telling the truth and that his uncle really is the murderer. He also has a moral dilemma with himself. He doesn’t want to trust the ghost and end up killing an innocent man. However, after he settles down, Hamlet remembers that a play, reproducing the murder of Old Hamlet, by Claudius, might cause his uncle to react in such a way to prove his guilt. Nonetheless, the play, which he plans with the acting ensemble, will give him the answers that he needs to see if the devil was really trying to lure and take advantage of him while he is in an anguished state, or if his father truly is trying to connect with Hamlet. Although Hamlet still feels desolate, frustrated and angry, his powerless and chaotic faintheartedness is being overcome by a trust that he can do something about this