What is Hamlet considering when he says O that this too solid flesh would melt Thaw and resolve itself to dew Or that the Everlasting had not FIXD his canon gainst self-slaughter?
For all his faults, Hamlet still retains enough of his Christian morality to realize that he cannot, in good conscience, commit suicide, no matter how much he might wish to. Instead, he wishes that he weren’t made of solid flesh so that he could just melt away like snow.
Who said O that this too too solid flesh would melt Thaw and resolve itself into a dew in Hamlet?
William Shakespeare Quotes O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God!
Who says O that this too too sullied flesh would melt?
HAMLET
What does O that this too too sullied flesh would melt?
In the first two lines of the soliloquy, he wishes that his physical self might cease to exist on its own without requiring him to commit a mortal sin: “O that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!” This soliloquy shows Hamlet’s deep affection for the late King Hamlet.
Why does Hamlet feel his flesh is sullied?
Hamlet is essentially saying that he wishes that his dirty (sullied) flesh would melt and vaporize into dew before he laments the fact that God has created a law against suicide.
Who said to thyself be true?
Polonius
Who is called a pernicious woman?
Hamlet: O most pernicious woman! O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain! And though Hamlet’s spite is directed first at his mother [see FRAILTY, THY NAME IS WOMAN], here he lingers lovingly on the usurper’s treachery.
What is the most important soliloquy in Hamlet?
Hamlet: ‘To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question’ ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’ is the most famous soliloquy in the works of Shakespeare – quite possibly the most famous soliloquy in literature.