Favorite Monologues

[juliekim]

We're all done with our monologue presentations, so I was wondering which one of them were your favorites.

I particularly liked the monologue where Hamlet is shouting as his mother about how she doesn't seem to be ashamed or even aware of her sins. He repeatedly compares his father with Claudius, something that he did in his previous monologues as well. I don't think it was an effective way of extracting Gertrude's confession because it only scared her and caused her to recoil. But it was nice to see Hamlet finally verbalizing his feelings towards Gertrude without restrain.

[sujeonggg]

I liked one of the Hamlet's monologues from Act 4 Scene 3, where he criticizes himself of being hesitant to take revenge on Claudius. This is after he talked with Fortinbras's captain that this Norway amrny risks themselves for just a little patch of ground. So after the captain left, Hamlet starts to criticize himself, saying although he has many reasons to risk his life to revenge, he delays and fails to carry out. I thought this showed how Hamlet was just a little boy at that time like us, who is afraid to actually kill someone easily.

[jessicak016]

I liked Hamlet's monologue, where he was taking a skull, which he believed was Yorick's, and talked about the physical aspect of the death. For me, death represented the end of life and was followed by afterlife. But Hamlet talking about the death as a physical object makes me rethink the definition of death.

[ginayang]

I really liked Ophelia's mongologues/songs in act 4 scene 5 because these showed how similar Ophelia and Hamlet are. They both have gone mad due to the death of their father. But Ophelia's madness is real while Hamlet's madness is fake. Also, Ophelia blames men for being unfaithful just like how Hamlet blames women for being frail and unpure.

[cathysjun]

I liked Laretes' monologue determining to seek revenge on Hamlet. It shows the repetition within the play. Revenge just leads to more revenge. I like how it foreshadows Laretes' own death.

[sageda]

I liked that one too, Julie. Mostly because it triggered anger in me at how stupid and arrogant Hamlet is. Up til now, I thought he was the victim but I realized that he's just being a spoiled brat. Who yells at their mom like that? He insults her age (telling her that she obviously didin't marry Claudius for love because love at her age is impossible) and criticizes her sex life. I dont know, that monologue really made me hate him.

[hannahs]

I liked the one where King Claudius tries to pray about his wrongs but seem to not be able to. I liked it because this is finally when the readers know what Claudius thinks and how he feels. Also, I think it is easy to relate to him about his guilt of sinning but how he can't let it go because he enjoys what he got out of that sin too much.

[Alam10kkfs]

"to be or not to be" is my favorite monologue. Its not because it is the longest one, but by just reading it, I could tell that this monologue has a different expression in the way hamlet saying it. This monologue tells me how daubtful hamlet is towards his life and the plan he will use to prove Claudius is the cause of the death of his father. This monologue is fine but sounds really weird and I don't even know why it's weird.

[joon]

I like Hamlet's monologue when he is about to kill Claudius while he's praying. The monologue is a pretty dramatic part of the story, and I like how it made readers really wonder if he was going to kill Claudius or not. Also, during his monologue, we can see the constant struggle that goes on inside of Hamlet. It shows his determination to kill Claudius, his religious and moral values on murder, and his inability to take action right away. I also liked how we can see Hamlet trying to give excuses to avoid killing Claudius, and how he doesn't know it himself that he's just excusing himself from taking revenge.

[jinwooprk]

I liked Hamlet's solioquy in Act 3 Scene 1 "To be or not to be" While practising over and over again and analysing the lines it was great to see some deep insights of Hamlet's thoughts. Seeing Hamlets internal conflict of whether to withstand with his miseries or to take a fight against it, really showed Hamlet's hesitation of his revenge and made me realize again that he is only a teenager. It was quite sad to see Hamlet panics of how he himself cannot come to a right answer to his questions.

[kiranshoaib]

I think i really liked my own monologue, which was about Hamlet persuading his mother to stop this "love" relation with his uncle and stop him from touching you (say no to sex tonight and it will be easier to keep youself away from him the next time and so you will gain more confidence and control over your emotions and feelings). That is true because when you do have a bad habit and if you try to stop it, you will have to take a step and say no to it. It will be hard for you the first time but than the second time you will find it easier to stop yourself from doing it and so finally you will eventually stop fighting to say NO to it. I like how he gave the lecture on how his mother should live her life and in respond to his anger and madness, his mother asks him to stop reminding her of her sins, as she doesn't want to remember them once again. it does happen to almost everyone, when you are aware and do feel guilty about something that you did in your past but you do not seek to do anything about getting rid of that guilt because simply thinking about that guilt is painful for you.

[yerin0727]

I also like the monologue where Hamlet shouts at his mom for being thoughtless and re marrying some that has killed her dead husband. I like this monologue because it shows how Hamlet has loved his father and is grieving over his death. I bet his mom was probably insulted by what Hamlet has said but I still think it was the right thing for Hamlet to say since she needed to wake up and realize her faults.

[minchoi0923]

I liked the monologue when Hamlet is telling Ophelia to go to a nunnery. It was interesting how Hamlet perceived this world as corrupted place. Also, I was able to connect Hamlet to those rapists; throughout this monologue, Hamlet blamed women for making men become beasts and women are sinners who breed corrupted children and that women are the causes of the corruption. This is how many rapists explain their crime; they say that they raped women because they were wearing TOO slutty. Therefore, I was able to see that from Hamlet's monologue which made it more interesting to closely look at.

[RegXD]

i liked the monologue when hamlet killed polonius because hamlet was like whatever dude i thought you were claudius and i wonder why claudius isnt the one hiding... that made me laugh because when a person commit murder they will freak out and go crazy. But instead hamlet was like oh its you polonius than maybe where claudius. You know instead of you hiding let claudius hide. The message i got was that hamlet was oh polonius it's your fault that you were hiding there instead of claudius so sucks for you to die instead of him.

[sarahlee2]

My favorite monologue wad what I presented to class. Compared to the other monologues it was really easy to understand. The language wasn't so bad as other Hamlet monologues. I thought that it did give more insight into Claudius character and ehat was going on in Ophelia's family. I am glad that I had this part as my monologue.