Why Is Hamlet's Last Soliloquy

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One of the information provided by this fifth soliloquy is that Hamlet is the perfect model of chronic undecided. Actually, Hamlet is unable to kill Claudius while having evidence he needs to act. He does not succeed in coming to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration. The moment of choice is constantly postponed because he never ceases to argue with his sense of right and wrong. He locks himself in an inspection, finding always reasons not to act. For example, at the very beginning of this fifth soliloquy, he is convinced that it is the right moment to take action: " Now might I act! He is precisely in prayer! Yes, I will act now " (III.iii.73-74). But, he quickly changes his mind and begins to advice himself to wait a little…show more content…
. A miserable kills my father; and for that I, his only son, send this miserable in heaven! Ah! it is a favor, a reward, instead of revenge" (III.iii.74-79). And finally, he postponed his act: " No. Stop, my sword! Reserve you now for a terrible blow: while he will be under the influence of alcohol, asleep" (III.iii.87-89). This character of indecision is also well develops in his third soliloquy "to be, or not to be, that is the question" (III.i.57-89). Hamlet is so tormented by his grief that the only way out from that disgust is death. At the beginning of that speech, he really wants to kill himself when he says "To die to sleep, nothing more; and say that by this sleep, we put an end to the evils of the heart . . . This is a denouement we must wish fervently" (III.i.61-65). But a few seconds after, he falls into confusion and begins to procrastinate: "To die . . . Yes, here is embarrassment…show more content…
Essentially, the first part of the play relies on tugging and hesitation between contradictory possibilities: to be or not to be, to live or die to escape the torments of this life, to do nothing or take action to avenge the king by killing Claudius. Also, Hamlet has trouble consciousness which oscillates constantly between doubt and certainty, reason and madness, firm resolution and abandonment. Therefore, Shakespeare portraits a young prince who is living difficult events such as the death of his father, the remarriage of his mother with his father's murderer, the inability to take action, and the incapacity to save the kingdom and his people. This incapacity of taking action is due to the fact that Hamlet struggles between action and indecision. Consciousness drives him to be patient, to resolve in a calm manner his problem in compliance with laws and rules while Hamlet would like to act immediately because of his rage, distress, revolt, and revenge. Consciousness, therefore, leads him to consider the consequences of his acts. Hamlet, in his third soliloquy "To be or not to be" (III.I.57-91), mentions this idea when he says: "conscience does make cowards of us all" (III.I.84). Even in this fifth soliloquy, his consciousness prevents him from committing disastrous action. However, after this soliloquy, Hamlet no longer listens to his
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