Pg. 832 : Question #9

I chose the soliloquy from Act I Scene II Lines 129-159 because I feel that the diction, figurative language, and imagery used in this monologue work perfectly to illuminate Hamlet's meaning and purpose. In this soliloquy, Hamlet emotes and uses words that don't actually exist such as "Fie on't! ah fie!" to express his anguish and confusion and his need to exert and vent even if what comes out of his mouth has no meaning. Also, Hamlet repeats a lot of ideas to express the obsession he has with his own thoughts and the fact that he can not move on from them. Hamlet's soliloquy is very emotional, and due to the fact that it is so overly packed with feelings, some of his inner thoughts come out incoherently and so when he says them out loud they are just a hodgepodge of random phrases and sentences. And so, with all this confusion, Hamlet interrupts himself and his thoughts many times throughout the monologue which leads him to having an even more un-cohesive thought process. Thus, this monologue of Hamlet's is not a speech and definitely not an address to someone, it is him venting his thoughts and feelings to himself and so it serves as a window straight into his mind and soul.