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In his first soliloquy Hamlet reveals the depth of his depression and the specific reasons for the melancholy. Hamlet feels like he is too much alive to live a normal life. It was believed that the sins of one’s parents would pass on to their child and Hamlet cannot bear the burden of the sins that his mother performed. Hence he wishes that if God had not made suicide a sin then he could …

…about this pathetic deed. Hamlet feels real hatred towards Claudius and is very ashamed of being Gertrude’s son. His life has changed dramatically in less than two months. Just two months ago, he was next in line to the king and was living a peaceful and happy in Wittenberg but now his father is dead and his mother is married to the “goat”. His heaven like world is change to hell (by that “goat”).