What? Hamlet Can Be Relatable?

          I think that the fact that the famous line appears in a soliloquy rather than in conversation makes the line much more dramatic and does allow the audience to empathize with him. I think that if the line were to appear in conversation, it would not hold as much meaning with the readers; it might just become another passing phrase that the next character reacts to. But, because the line appears at the beginning of the soliloquy, it allows Hamlet to explain himself a little further. The rest of the monologue continues to describe Hamlet’s mindset and what he is thinking in this scene. Because of this, the reader gets to understand why Hamlet might be saying what he is and why he is doing it in such a way.
          I personally do empathize with Hamlet although I do think he is being a little too dramatic. The main idea of the monologue is that Hamlet is trying to decide what he should do next. Should he keep his thoughts about killing the king inside of him and deal with it or should he act on them and possibly be severely punished for his actions? He has to make this very big decision that will probably affect the rest of his life. It is obvious that he is quite distraught and I think that can be seen through the language that the writer uses. For example, Hamlet says, “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. .” (Act 3, Scene 1, Line 56-9). This shows that Hamlet cannot answer the questions that he is posing to himself. We as readers and audience members can relate to this when we reason things out aloud instead of in out heads or write our thoughts down on paper to help organize them. Similarly, Hamlet is speaking his thoughts aloud to see if saying them aloud might help him make a decision.
          I think that this speech is very important because we can see Hamlet as a human who has difficulties with his problems just as we do. It shows to the audience an aspect of Hamlet that we may not have seen before. In much of the book, Hamlet is shown as the guy needs to avenge his father by killing his evil uncle and save his mother from his uncle’s hands, all while getting the girl as well. It shows that Hamlet does not always have his whole life organized.