... of soliloquies, where as before every other line was a soliloquy -- like a soap opera. Hamlet's language likewise undergoes a shift to active verbs only. When Hamlet searches for the letters from Claudius to the King of England, he says, "In the dark, / Groped I to find out them, had my desire, / Fingered their packet, and in fine withdrew / To mine own room again, making so bold, / My ... not want to dull his sense while he is fighting. Gertrude offers to drink for him. The wine turns out to be poisoned and Gertrude dies. Perhaps this is the fuel that actually gives Hamlet the real rag...

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