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Dramatic importance

 

            During the scene, Shakespeare implements various dialogues and soliloquy to enhance the moods and achieve crucial dramatic purposes. Plot development, character development, pathos, atmosphere, foreshadowing, and irony are employed explicitly throughout to enforce dramatic importance and to maintain the interest of the audience.
             Plot development is evident when the King finally confesses his commitment in the murder of his brother in his soliloquy. With this declaration of guilt, it confirms the claims of the dead King's ghost in the previous act. On the other hand, we observe a development of the plot when Hamlet reveals his future plan to kill Claudius as soon as he finds the right timing. .
             Claudius's character development is well expressed during the beginning of the scene when he reveals his cunning and manipulative personality. Claudius accentuates the danger of Hamlet's madness to his subjects and proposes the plan to send Hamlet away. Also, as seen in previous scenes, Hamlet is portrayed as a quiet and reflective individual and he lacks the motivation to be a murderer. But in his soliloquy, we witness his struggle with his conscience to commit something against his nature. Feeling compelled to respond to the call of his dead father, he is faced with the decision to forgive and forget or seek revenge. The former represents the original nature of Hamlet, while the latter describes the transformation of his character.
             Pathos is really touched upon in this scene in Hamlet's hesitation to kill Claudius while he is "praying". Hamlet expresses his will to rid of his duty and to avenge for his father, yet he does not want to kill Claudius during his prayer and send him to heaven. As a result, Hamlet must carry on the burden to find an appropriate time and place to execute the murder for a longer period of time. The dramatic irony in this passage allows the audience only to know that Claudius is not actually praying.


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