Write a 2 page explanation (600 word minimum) of Hamlet’s soliloquy

Write a 2 page explanation (600 word minimum) of Hamlet’s soliloquy in your own words. What is he saying? How would you say it in your own words to a friend? Explain how/why you think it is important to Hamlet’s struggle as a person in the play. Quote 2 complete sentences from his soliloquy and quote one outside scholarly source.
To prepare this assignment, complete the following:
1. Read Hamlet (3.1. 56-88) and explicate Hamlet’s third Soliloquy. In your copy, notate each line, sentence by sentence, to explain what you think he means. Complete the Notebook exercise.
2. Choose two complete sentences from the speech. In your own words, explain what each sentence means. (Be sure to cite it correctly: introduce it in your own sentence; show line breaks; and identify the act.scene.line correctly in parenthesis after. Be sure to quote complete sentences and not just lines (show line breaks).
3. Find one quote from a reputable outside scholarly source–be sure it is has been published and the author is named!–using the SMC Library DatabasesLinks to an external site.. NO webpages, blogs, or book reviews!
4. Review the RUBRIC!
Note: When citing Shakespeare’s plays, format quotations similarly to lines of poetry. Introduce direct quotations and never leave your citations free-standing. Show line breaks. In parenthesis, identify the Act.Scene.Lines numerically, and not page numbers, as in the following example:
Clothing and disguise in Hamlet are important factors of self-discovery. When Francisco says “Stand and unfold yourself” (1.1.2) in the opening scene, he announces the idea that the play will be about identity, and how characters reveal their true intentions. “Seems, madam! Nay it is; I know not ‘seems” Hamlet remarks to Gertrude, explaining the difference between appearance and desire: “Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, / Nor customary suits of solemn black . . . That can denote me truly.” (1.2.76-83) Clothing for Hamlet is a false display of genuine emotion as Hamlet finds himself obsessed by a “smiling, damnéd villain.” (1.5.108)

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