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Hamlet EssayAfter reading Hamlet, I have cognise that some of Shakespeares original playmust be abridged for our production. After careful analysis I have decided that of the foursoliloquies in the play we should only include two of them. I have discovered that two ofthese soliloquies are not that important in understanding the meaning of the play.In order to see which two we should include or omit we have to summarize allfour soliloquies. The first one, which begins O that this too, too sullied flesh..., is anemotionally godforsaken speech. Hamlet wishes he were dead, complains that suicide is a sin,and describes the world as useless and disgusting. He hence talks about his father,comparing him to Claudius. He calls Claudius a half- humanity half-beast creature. The tricesoliloquy, which begins O what a rogue and pleasant slave am I..., Hamlet compareshimself to a mythical character named Hecuba and wonders what the latter would do inhis situation. He then accuses himself of be ing a coward who cant even avenge hisfathers dead. He also calls himself an idiot before devising a end to remedy thesituation. To be or not to be... (third soliloquy) is basically a debate on life andwhether it is worth living. Hamlet here questions death and says that all custody fear death.Hamlet ends here by saying conscience makes cowards of us all for when we think of theconsequences of an action we do not take it. And finally the twenty-five percent soliloquy whichbegins How all occasions to inform against me... is an expression of Hamlets shameand amazement that others can act when he himself cant. Hamlet here realizes that hecant escape from his destiny and has a sense of feeling of what is about to happen tohim.After paraphrasing all four soliloquies a closing has to be made as to what toinclude. The two which should be included are the first and third ones. The first oneshould be included because it allows the audience to fall upon Hamlets innermost thoughts.This sp eech sets precedence for the rest of the play. In this speech Hamlet expresses hisgrievances toward the people he is supposed to love. It is an outpouring of a man in deepdistress. It not only puts Hamlet in confusion but the audience which has to decide ifHamlet is crazy or not as the play develops. The third soliloquy should also be includedbecause it is the most famous speech in all of the English language.