out the tragedy of indecisiveness Let s take a closer look at Hamlet s soliloquies in the play Revelation of Character Hamlet's soliloquies deeply understand his internal struggles doubts and conflicts In the first soliloquy in Act Scene Hamlet is reflective and depicts how he views his position Hamlet expresses his grief over the hasty and incestuous marriage of his mother to his uncle His mother married his uncle within two months of her first husband's death Hamlet believes his mother is frail because she is a woman nbsp Frailty thy name is woman nbsp All this information gives the audience a strong first impression of Hamlet as a character The second soliloquy occurs after Hamlet meets with the ghost Here Hamlet seems resolute to avenge his father s murder nbsp Hamlet s Hesitation The third soliloquy conveys Hamlet s turmoil at the events around him Hamlet accuses himself of cowardice for failing to exact revenge Am I a coward Hamlet is more determined in the fourth soliloquy He decides to make a plan to test the king s guilt Hamlet sets up a play that will recreate the murder scene of his father by his uncle Hamlet believes the play will catch his uncle s conscience The play s the thing Wherein I ll catch the conscience of the king Philosophy of Revenge In Act Scene we get the play's most famous soliloquy To be or not to be that is the question Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them To die to sleep This soliloquy reflects Hamlet's contemplation of life death and the human condition It reveals the troubles of taking revenge Hamlet is burdened with his duty to take revenge and contemplates suicide to end his inner turmoil Hamlet s emotional turmoil makes him the most human character Shakespeare ever created Hamlet delivers his sixth soliloquy on his way to his mother s closet He finds Claudius at prayer Now might I do it Pat now is a praying And now I ll do t Hamlet at first thinks this will be the perfect opportunity to murder his uncle and gain his revenge but his soliloquy quickly reveals that his thoughts have brought him somewhere else He decides not to kill him while he is praying It reveals that Hamlet is not a man of action In Hamlet s last soliloquy he finally decides to take revenge Here he feels ashamed for his cowardice and by comparing himself to Fortinbras He finally vows to act upon his feelings and states O from this time forth My thought d be bloody or be nothing worth nbsp In conclusion soliloquies in Hamlet provide a window into Hamlet's mind They also deepen his tragic character by portraying him as a thinking man They contribute significantly to the depth and complexity of the play making Hamlet a timeless and compelling work