the actors of the play ultimately have the greatestinfluence on the dramatic emphasis of certain words, or actions. However, in Hamlet, the use of thesoliloquy offers the audience a gateway into the minds of the characters, and in this case the variousreasons why Hamlet delays in exacting revenge. By Shakespeare's design, the depth of thought possessed by characters is easily measured by howeffortlessly an audience can relate to what is being said or done during delivery of a soliloquy. Whilethe script is fictional, the story within the play itself becomes believable.Undoubtedly, Hamlet is a man of action. Why then, does Hamlet require five Acts to finally provethis concept? A number of different possibilities exist. The single, most important of thesepossibilities are Hamlet's internal conflicts within his own mind, body, and soul. From the first Act,Hamlet displays a substantial amount of concern for his mother. "Why, she would hang on him As if increase of appetite had grownBy what it fed on; and yet, within a month --Let me not think on't--Frailty, thy name is woman--" (Hamlet Act I sc.ii)Clearly, Hamlet's concern for the Queen, his mother, is of genuine association to the death of KingHamlet. Within this solitary thought, Hamlet realized the severity of his mother's actions while alsoattempting to rationalize her mentality so that he may understand, and perhaps, cope with theuntimely nature of the Queen's marriage to Claudius. Understandably, Hamlet is disturbed. Gertrudecauses such confusion in Hamlet that throughout the play, he constantly wondered how it could bepossible that events would turn out the way that they had. This unfortunate turn of events is often questioned since Gertrud...
