Bestial Oblivion
Throughout Shakespeare's tragic story of Hamlet the manner in which Hamlet speaks allows a glimpse of his conniving personality. His soliloquies are no different in showing his scholastic qualities. These characteristics are present in many of Hamlet's sentences and actions. The method he uses to verify the Ghosts story and to find blame in the king is well thought out and pre-planned. In Act IV, Scene IV, Hamlet emotions are well conveyed by the style in which he speaks out on his disappointment in himself for not taking action against his uncle and his decision to hide behind madness as well as his admiration for Fortinbras in his engagement to honor Old Fortinbras. In the beginning of Hamlet's soliloquy he is analyzing the reasons why he has not yet imparted action behind his intentions to avenge his fathers "foul and most unnatural murder" (Act I, Scene V, Line 30). Whether he is being "beastly" and consuming his time "sleeping and feeding" (Act IV, Scene IV, Line 37) or he is thinking too intently on his course of action, destiny is not being fulfilled. His manner of speech shows his drawn out thought process which leads to the belief that the latter of the two reasons is more likely the cause of his lack of action. Haml
Hamlet's words and sentences also paint emotions and pictures to support his thoughts. Fortinbras' cause is painted as "a quarrel in a straw when honor's at the stake." (Lines 57-58) Fortinbras is making an effort at a less drastic cause than Hamlet. Hamlet also speaks of the "imminent death of twenty thousand men" (Line 62) that are fighting for Fortenbras and his cause as though the entire scene is played out right before his eyes. The words "imminent death" bring to mind a firing squad where all at once all twenty thousand men will go down in disgrace over a patch of land not worth five ducats to farm. Compared to Hamlet's woes the incentive that Fortinbras and his men are fighting for seems worthless, yet Fortinbras is achieving his objective while Hamlet torments himself with the thought of engagement but does not follow through. Throughout Hamlet's soliloquy in Act IV, Scene IV, his syntax consists of long, well thought out, and emotional sentences. The scholastic diction that appears consistently throughout his contemplation brings into view his emotions through emphasized words and sensory appeal to show images. Though his entire soliloquy makes up thirty-four lines it consists of only eight sentences that e
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