A Window into the Soul and Personality of Hamlet--A research into Hamlet's soliloquies in Hamlet by Shakespeare

Abstract

In his creation of characters, Shakespear has surpassed the limits of the form of playwright and ingeniously used the dramatic device of soliloquy to reveal the thoughts and feelings hidden deeply in the hearts of the characters, thus making them figures with a vast and complex inner world. Soliloquies of Hamlet express his complicated psychological state of being idealistic yet pessimistic for the cruel reality, bold in action but hesitating in decision, diligent in thinking but restricted only to his inner world. In this way, these soliloquies help bring to light the multio-level characters of Hamlet, especially the contributing factors and the whole course of the hero's melancholy.