Capturing the Audience

Rightly to be great is not to fluff up without great argument, When purenesss at the stake. How stand I accordingly (4,4,52-55). This is segment of ane of settlements great soliloquys from act 4. This soliloquy hits on s perpetuallyal points like illustriousness, watch oer and how to live your carriage. These are to social functions are subjects that guard interested the human discernment for thousands of years. This soliloquy speaks to these desires in different ways and is able to resuscitate to our inside(a) desires.In this essay, it will be explained how this soliloquy and the themes that are featured in it effect the sense of hearing. The first way it speaks to the consultation, particularly the Elizabethan audience of the epoch by, is by Shakespeare creating a hero that would do anything to protect their honour. Honour has invariably been part of a man. Looking at history it has pooped up over and over again. Honour is being true to a set of individualized subjectls, or being a man of integrity. The imminent death of cardinal thousand men/ That for a fantasy and trick of fame/ Go to their sculpture like beds, fight for a plot/ Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,/Which is not tomb enough and continent/to hide the slain? (4,4,59-64) In the soliloquy, Hamlet gives the most fundamental idea of honour protect it no issue what. No matter what the fight is over, you have to stand up for yourself or you are not a man. Hamlet is looking at Norways army with great respect. They are gaining nothing by suppress Poland, yet they are still going after it to protect their honour.They arent backing down from the fight. Shakespeare knew that honour has evermore been a big part of human life and something greatly respected, especially to the nobles of his time (Shakespeares main(prenominal) audience), and made sure to really hit on that really primal moral that the audience was able to associate too. Greatness is something that we look fo r since the get down. As young children, we look at our parents as the definition of great. As we devil older, we kill to see all of our parents faults but the idea of greatness s already set in our minds and is something that we will continuously want to achieve. In The soliloquy greatness is closely associated with honour. A candid example of how Hamlet sees greatness is the quote was used at the beginning on the essay Rightly to be great is not to stir without great argument, When honours at the stake. How stand I then (4,4,52-55). Hamlet sees greatness has someone who will forever defends their honour. He is actually jealous of young Fortinbras for being a great man who is always defending.This speaks to the audience because again, not only is honour again speaking to the audience but also with our desire to be great. The audience can relate to Hamlet. Most people look at someone with envy privation they could be great like them. Shakespeare used these feelings of envy a nd wish for greatness to be able to relate to the play. The last point that Shakespeare hits on is life-time in the moment. Hamlet biggest flaw in the play is his tendency to ever think everything (e. g. When Claudius is praying and Hamlet comes up with several reasons not to kill him. . The biggest thing that Hamlet realizes in his soliloquy is that flaw. Of thinking too precisely on th event /A thought which, quartered, hath but one part erudition And ever three parts cowardI do not jockey/ Why yet I live to say This things to do, Sith I have cause and will and strength and means/ To do (4,4,40-45) Hamlet realizes what he has done throughout the play and is now regretting the conclusion he has made. He wishes that he had been brave enough to kill Claudius right(a) away rather than hide behind his thoughts.Audience can relate to this now more than ever. Just take a look at todays society, many things are about cooking and the futurity but a lot of other things are the exact opposite. galore(postnominal) people are starting to live with the idea that you need to start doing things on a wimp rather than thinking over things and planning them out. People want to live their life to the fullest (e. g YOLO). The people of Shakespeares time were renaissance men. They most likely had these thoughts of making their life worthwhile.It is in human nature to want to feel as though our lives have meaning. Although Hamlet is not talking about that exact subject, many of the principles are the same. This speaks to the inner desires of the human mind, capturing the audiences attention. In conclusion, Hamlets soliloquy captures the targets audiences attention by using elements that have naturally always captures the human mind attention like greatness, a meaningful life and honour. Shakespeare manages to use all of them to capture the audiences attention and encourage them relate to the play.