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\nHamlet 1.2 Performance: Hamlet's First Soliloquy\n

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\nIn this transcript, Hamlet expresses profound despair and disillusionment with the world, wishing his physical form could dissolve and free him from his earthly troubles, but is constrained by the moral law against suicide. He laments...\nIn this transcript, Hamlet expresses profound despair and disillusionment with the world, wishing his physical form could dissolve and free him from his earthly troubles, but is constrained by the moral law against suicide. He laments the rapidity with which his mother, Gertrude, remarried following his father's death, criticizing her for her seemingly shallow and unfaithful nature. Hamlet's speech reveals his deep sorrow, his disgust at his mother's actions, and his cynicism towards the state of human nature and relationships.\n
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2:39
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6th - Higher Ed
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English Language Arts
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2017
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English
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