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Hamlet Soliloquies In Modern English

The soliloquies from Hamlet below are extracts from the full modern English Hamlet ebook, along with a modern English translation. Reading through the original Hamlet soliloquy followed by a modern version and should help you to understand what each Hamlet soliloquy is about:

O that this too too solid flesh would melt (Spoken by Hamlet, Act 1 Scene2)
O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I (Spoken by Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2)
To be, or not to be (Spoken by Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1)
Oh my offence is rank, it smells to heaven (Spoken by Claudius, Act 3 Scene 3)
Now might I do it pat (Spoken by Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 3)
How all occasions do inform against me (Spoken by Hamlet, Act 4 Scene 4)

More Hamlet soliloquies coming soon!

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10 Responses to Hamlet Soliloquies In Modern English

kels says: February 13, 2012 at 8:44 pm

Tomorrow is saint valentines day, all in the morning bedtime,and I maid at your window to be your valentine.

I wanted to know what this means in modern english.

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Shaga Narsaiah says: May 11, 2012 at 7:39 pm

Thank you for your detailed explanations of soliloquies of Hamlet play. I am very much impressed by this site as it is helpful to the teachers like me.

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anonomous says: June 10, 2012 at 3:12 pm

Hi I really need a monologue on Hamlet of my Shakespeare Project which is due on Tuesday. I really need. Thank you in adviance

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MeadowLark says: July 14, 2012 at 7:32 pm

I don’t want them in Contemporary English… I want them in the original Modern English format.

Beowulf – Unknown Author – Old English (Anglo Saxon)
Cleanness – Unknown Author – Middle English
Hamlet – William Shakespeare – Modern English
The War of The Worlds – H.G. Wells – Contemporary English

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