delivers
his seconddirectly after he discovers that his father was murdered and his uncle was the villain
responsible for taking his own brothers life.
appeals to God and other
beings (all you host of heaven)everyone on Earth as well as in hell. He then asks his heart
and muscles to stay strong because he needs to take action to avenge his father.
Next, Hamlet addresses , who had just asked him to remember his father. Hamlet twice
questions Remember thee? which might indicate that he is shocked that his father would
actually feel he needs to be reminded. He promises to focus by removing any memory that is not
important. He mentions that there is a lot on his mind (distracted globe), but he knows he
must wipe away all trivial fond records of his youth and replace them with only thoughts of
avenging King Hamlet. Only the ghosts request (thy commandment) will reside in his mind
now.
Also, Hamlet acknowledges thatis a smiling, damned villain for having
killed his own brother; he covers up his treachery with fake smiles. Hamlet callsa most
pernicious woman since he feels she has done a malevolent deed in marrying her brother-in-law so
quickly after her husband died.
Finally, Hamlet intends to write down a
reminder that villains smile, pretending to be innocent when they are actually evil. Shakespeare
here uses Hamlet to state a key theme of the play that people and situations are not what they
seem to be.
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