Hamlet The Soliloquies The Fifth Soliloquy Act 3

Hamlet: The Soliloquies The Fifth Soliloquy Act 3 Scene 2 Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world: now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. Soft! now to my mother. — O heart, lose not thy nature; let not ever The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom: Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none; My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites, — How in my words somever she be shent, To give them seals never, my soul, consent!

Hamlet: The Soliloquies The Fifth Soliloquy Act 3 Scene 2 Hamlet's Fifth Soliloquy falls in the Act 3, Scene 2 prior to going in his mother's chambers for a conversation. Gertrude sends words to summon Hamlet into her chamber to have a talk with him. Hamlet asks for a short amount of time alone, and in this short period, he delivers this soliloquy, in which he plans out the conversation.

Hamlet: The Soliloquies The Fifth Soliloquy Act 3 Scene 2 Polonius was escorting Hamlet to Gertrude’s chamber, Hamlet asks for a moment alone and says that he will meet his mother in a short moment, and then in the moment alone, he delivers his short soliloquy in which he resolves to be brutally honest with her but not to lose control of himself. At this moment, Hamlet is in a mood in which he could “drink hot blood, and do such bitter business as the day would quake to look on. ” In this mood he could even kill his mother, but he would not do so: “Let me be cruel, not unnatural. ”

Hamlet: The Soliloquies The Fifth Soliloquy Act 3 Scene 2 The soliloquy focuses on the upcoming conversation between Hamlet and his mother, Queen Gertrude, and its preparation in Hamlet’s mind. Hamlet decides his course of action for the conversation with his mother. He vows to treat her harshly, but to refrain from harming her, saying, “I will speak daggers to her, but use none. ”

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