In the first few lines of Hamlet's soliloquy, he pauses and decides to think about his actions. Before the speech he is intent upon killing Claudius. A modern example of this mindset would be a student sitting down to start his math homework. Like Hamlet, the student has planned to sit down and set aside time to do the job at hand. Once Hamlet realizes that killing Claudius would send him to heaven, he pauses and says, "That would be scanned," or that the situation should be thought out. This is much like the student hearing a popular TV show from the next room and stopping to think if his time is better spent on the task at hand or being entertained by the television. Hamlet says, "A villain kills my father, and for that I, his sole son, d

Hamlet's mental state and his flaws can easily be translated into modern examples. Although Shakespeare wrote so long ago, his characters are believable because they have the same flaws as people today. Although homework is a much less serious matter than the murder of your uncle, it is easy to see where the indecision and procrastination comes from if you examine your own feelings and tendencies.

o this same villain send to Heaven." Since Claudius is praying, he would be sent to heaven upon his death while Hamlet's father was killed without giving his last confession and thus denied the path to heaven. After rationalizing his actions, Hamlet decides that to kill Claudius now would be "hire and salary," rather than revenge. In the next few lines, Hamlet recounts the story of his father's death. He says that, "[Claudius] took my father grossly, full of bread, with all his crimes full blown, as flush as may." The phrase, full of bread simply means that Old Hamlet died while he was soaking in worldly pleasures. He was contenting himself with all that he had acquired, resulting in the sin of pride or hubris. In the next phrase, Hamlet uses a metaphor and compares his father to a flower. He says that his father rested with all of his "crimes broad bloom." This means that his father lay there with all his sins in full bloom, in much the same way that a flower showcases its beauty by blooming. In that sense, Old Hamlet laid there before his death with all of his sins showcased to the world and to god. The phrase "as flush as may" refers to flowers in

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