The first two scenes of Hamlet is mostly just about setting up the plot. We learn that Hamlet's father has just died and now his mother is marrying his uncle. This makes him very emotional because he misses his dad and it hurts to see him his mother with another man. Especially one that was so close to his father, his own brother. In his first soliloquy, he shows how sad and frustrated he is. He is letting the audience know that he is really upset, but there is nothing he can or will do about this. This is very believable because I feel that every person would be not only sad if their father had just passed away, but it would add to the rush of emotions he would have already been feeling if his mother pretty much immediately married someone else. It would also add to the sadness if the person he was marrying was his own uncle and his father's own brother. I'm sure he would be feeling like his uncle was taking everything from his father because now, his uncle has his father's wife, throne, job, and basically his whole life.
"I'm sure he would be feeling like his uncle was taking everything from his father because now, his uncle has his father's wife, throne, job, and basically his whole life." True, true. And, all that you write about is likely true, but do you think there is more going on here with Hamlet? Is he merely sad? Think of his first soliloquy- what does it tell us? As we move forward in this play, reflect on the deep emotions that characters are dealing with and how they deal/hide/express/act on them.
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