to England by King Claudius:.
He shall with speed to England.
For the demand of our neglected tribute.
Haply the seas and countries different.
With variable objects shall expel.
This something settled matter in his heart,.
Whereon his brains still beating puts him thus.
From fashion of himself. (3.1.172-178).
Claudius believes he can help Hamlet overcome his melancholy by giving him a.
change in surroundings. He is sent away from his homeland of Denmark,.
becoming isolated from his society. Thus, Hamlet is isolated from his family,.
friends and society. .
As Hamlet realizes he is becoming isolated, he makes an effort to contend.
with his alienation. First, Hamlet tries to make Gertrude realize the sins she has.
committed: .
Confess yourself to heaven,.
Repent what's past, avoid what is to come,.
And do not spread the compost on the weeds.
To make them ranker. Forgive me this my virtue;.
For in the fatness of these pursy times.
Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg,.
Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. . . . .
And live the purer with the other half.
But go not to my uncle's bed;.
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. (3.4.156-167).
Hamlet feels that if Gertrude repents what she has done and becomes virtuous, it.
will help to dispel his pain and anguish, so he can once again become emotionally.
closer to her. Hamlet tries to connect emotionally with his mother by asking her.
to repent her sins. Next, Hamlet contends with his isolation from Ophelia by.
appearing at her funeral. He portrays his love for her to everyone: "I loved.
Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers/ Could not with all their quantity of love/ Make.
up my sum" (5.1.272-274). Hamlet could have stayed hidden in the bushes but.
he chose to come forward and tell everyone of his love for Ophelia. He chose to.
appear in the last opportunity he would have to say goodbye to her, in a religious.
sense. His attempt to communicate his love to Ophelia shows that Hamlet made.
