Hamlet’s Extreme Brooding justifies by Shakespeare

Hamlet’s Extreme Brooding justifies by Shakespeare

Keywords: Brooding, Self-torch, Depression

Hamlet soliloquies expose his brooding nature which can’t be expected by a learned person. He is student of university level and has company of Horatio who is a scholar and learned person too. Though there are several complicated things around, but for counseling purposes he can talk to Horatio.He shares, talks and discusses things with him. Both are high qualified and can get each other very well.

Hamlet’s learning on this level shouldn’t make him feel guilty. He begins to think that all occasions do inform against him, and spur his dull revenge. He is right in thinking that he needs solid proof whether his uncle murdered his father or not. It is wisdom and sanity as a scholar and a learned person.

 He seems self-torched by saying that to sleep and feed is like a beast but no more.

While it can be seen that he is busy in thinking and finding out suspicious things. He takes risk in talking to ghost, feigns as mad man and plans play to trap.

Hamlet can’t be equal the prince who fights for the sake of plot and sheds blood both sides. He compares him with delicate and tender prince who is ambitious to quarrel even for the sake of a single straw. And he begins to feel shame on not showing brutality. He is right and mature in thinking that suspicious things should be justified but not on the cost of brutality.

He seems depressed when he asks himself whether he is coward on having no stir to take revenge. Even he calls himself a villain, wants to break his pate across, plucks off his beard, and blows it on his face. Psychologically such situation of depression doesn’t happen in days, weeks, or months but after living in such depressing environment for years.

 Shakespeare may observe himself such low feelings and expressed through the character of Hamlet. As far as concerned Prince Hamlet who is scholar can’t say things to self-punish or self-torch.