Hamlet is a man of many different qualities and he reveals
only certain qualities to certain people. Hamlet draws his
audience, the reader, into noticing the different qualities that he
has. His qualities are shown through his conversations with other
characters as well as through his soliloquies. These words of
wisdom and revealance help to distinguish how Hamlet feels about
each other character that he encounters. The phrases and speeches
that Hamlet addresses are both poetic and piercing. So when Hamlet
is speaking, he is constantly revealing his qualities which range
from love, to respect, to hate. Hamlet's most powerful qualities
seem to be revealed through his conversation with the people that
he cares about, namely his family and friends.
ÃÂ ÃÂThe queen, Gertrude, is hamlet's mother and she is probably
the living being that he cares about the most. Unfortunately, one
of Hamlet's qualities, which is revealed in conversation with his
mother, is a negative one and that is anger.
His quality is
displayed through Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 131é
161. Hamlet is angry at his mother for marrying a new husband, his
uncle, Claudius, so quickly after his father's death. This anger
shines through in such phrases such as 'Frailty, thy name is
woman!'(Act 1,Sc 2, L148) and 'Like Niobe, all tears.'(Act 1, Sc 2,
L151). At the end of his soliloquy, Hamlet switches qualities from
one of anger to one of fear. This is evident when Hamlet states,
'With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!', and 'It is not, nor it
cannot come to good', and finally 'But break my heart, for I must
hold my tongue'(Act 1, Sc 2 L157é 161). Hamlet expresses his fear
for his mother's hasty marriage. Hamlet realizes that his mother
marrying his uncle can have no good result.