Exigence
Hamlet is caught in the middle of two different feelings, guilt and revenge. He is not sure revenge is the right solution to this problem. Although he is really mad at his mom for remarrying so fast and to his uncle of all people, he doesn’t know if the right thing to do is to prove that his uncle killed his dad and then kill him his self, or if he should just let them be because he does not want to hurt his mom by taking action.
Audience
Hamlet does not really have an audience. He is really just thinking aloud at this point trying to figure out what his next step will be and how he will fix his problems. I think his second audience could be who ever happens to be around and is listening.
Purpose
During this soliloquy he is deciding if he should act of not. He does not know if he should avenge his father or be safe and not. By the end of this speech he realizes that he must do what the ghost tells him and get Claudius back for what he has done.
Appeals
(I’m not really sure what to write here.. comment and help me out here please!)
Figures of speech, imagery, diction, syntax
Hamlet is able to connect with the people he is talking to by using all of these things. He can relate to them ( the audience) and is good at explaining the feelings he is having at the time.
How do you respond to Hamlet’s soliloquy?
Right now I think he is really confused. He wants to avenge his father but at the same time not hurt his mother. Even though he is really mad and shows it when she go to talk to her after the play, she is his mom and he does not want to see her hurt.
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I never noticed how he took his mother into consideration. The appeals are the direction his words are aimed. Who would be more likely to respond and react and to whom would the words be most relevant, that’s the appealing part. Like appealing music or sex appeal.
appeals- look at the directions-
appeal to emotion, logic, character
Olivia, I’m pretty sure Mrs. Duke posted a link on the website at the beginning of the year to help you out with this. It is on the Owl Writing English thing. Like Robert I never really thought about taking his mother into consideration but that is a really good idea.
Appeals are basically how Hamlet sets ideas of his emotion, logic, and characters. I actually disagree, I feel that Hamlet is angry with his mother and wouldn’t mind hurting his mother’s feelings. I know he doesn’t want to physically hurt her but he is disgusted with how fast his mother got over his father’s death.
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