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Hamlet 7 Soliloquies

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"O, sullied flesh would melt"

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"O, sullied flesh would melt"

I, 2 - wants to take his own life; world is a bad place (rank garden); mother did not grieve for long enough and married too quickly

"O, all you host of heaven"

I, 5 - Hamlet says he will remember the ghost and keep his promise of revenge; mad because his mother and Claudius are evil but can smile

"what a rogue and peasant slave i am"

II.2 - unsure whether or not to kill Claudius; says that he will wait to find more evidence; beating himself up for being a coward; players/actors show more emotion than him

"to be or not to be"

III.1 - good or bad to end his life; applies to ALL; scared of life after death; says death escapes life like sleep; death is the undiscovered country; we are more willing to suffer what we know than face the unknown

"tis now the very witching time of night"

III.2 - Hamlet will speak to his mother with daggers but not actually hurt her, which is what the ghost told him to do