In Hamlet’s soliloquies, the man is able to express every aspect of his desires to an unlimited extent. In this soliloquy, Hamlet illustrates his current state of actions subsequent to learning about his mother’s decision to remarry after a short mourning period. To start off, “O, that this too too solid flesh would melt”, Hamlet immediately suggests his desire to end his life now and commit suicide: “self-slaughter, O God! God!” Hamlet contemplates the fact of committing suicide numerous times, however fails to carry through with it because he’d rather not deal with the burdens that come with the afterlife. In addition, in lines 150-152: “O God! A beat, that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn’d longer” Hamlet compares his mother to animals. He makes this claim in order to point out that animals would have mourned longer than Hamlet’s mother had did (2 months) following the death to a loved one. Furthermore, Hamlet sums up this soliloquy by stating that he must not share any of his personal information and believes with anyone: “I must hold my tongue”, Hamlet decides he needs to keep his inner turmoil to himself and realizes he is better off that way.
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