Action Vs Inaction

Question 1

Hamlets monologue talking to R&G in 2,2 “lost all my mirth”, “this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with fire” … “it appears to me…
Finish rye quote and explain what he is saying

Answer 1

… but a foul and pestilence congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man, … LIKE AN ANGEL IN APPREHENSION (admiring human understanding rather than action) how like a god… Man delights not me”
> describes a glorified, romanticised image of the world + mankind to destroy the illusion of beauty as he views it as merely “dust” > motif of physicality of life / death

Question 2

Analyse hamlets words “Now I am alone. O what a rouge and pleasant slave am I!” from his act 2 scene 2 soliloquy

Question 3

How does hamlets “rouge and peasant slave” soliloquy in act 2 scene 2 act as a turning point

Answer 3

Shifts from brooding in his grief to devising a plan although putting in a play is seemingly a distraction for his revenge it still shows progress in a shift into action

Question 4

Hamlet criticising his own passivity and inaction 3,1: “this conscience does make …

Answer 4

Cowards of us all”