Line Meaning
What is Hamlet talking about in this line "O, that this too too solid flesh would melt/Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!"
Suicide
The literary term for the speech itself, delivered by a single character to an audience (or themselves) revealing their thoughts.
Soliloquy
The speaker's mother, whom he accuses of "wicked speed" in remarrying.
Gertrude
What is Hamlet discussing in the line "But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two"?
The time it has been since his fathers death
The poetic meter this excerpt is primarily written in, characterized by unrhymed lines of ten syllables.
Iambic Pentameter
The new husband of the mother, described as "no more like my father Than I to Hercules
Claudius
Why does Hamlet say this about his mother "Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears/Had left the flushing in her galled eyes"?
He feels as though she does not truly grieve him because she married Claudius so soon.
What poetic device is "nay, not so much, not two:
Alliteration
Who the speaker is referencing when comparing him to his uncle with "Hyperion to a satyr."
King Hamlet
What is Hamlet discussing in the line "’tis an unweeded garden,/That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature"
The corruption in Denmark
What type of poetic device is being presented in this "Hyperion to a satyr."
Allusion
What is the main event that lead to this soliloquy?
Gertrude marrying Claudius, especially so soon after King Hamlet's death
Why does Hamlet say "But break, my heart; for I must hold my tongue."?
Hamlet feels as though no one else is still grieving his father, and that he can not trust anyone in the royal court.
The type of figurative language in the description, "’tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely."
Metaphor
What is Hamlet mainly discussing (3 main points) in this soliloquy?
His despair and grief over his fathers death, his disgust and outrage over his mother and uncles marriage, and his revelation of the corruption in the world.