As you read the passage, highlight details that reveal Hamlet’s emotional state.
Hamlet: O! that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew;
Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d
His canon ’gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God!
–Hamlet,
William Shakespeare
What does Hamlet’s speech suggest about his emotional state?
He is very upset.
He is nervous.
He is calm.
He is suspicious.