Hamlet's Essay

In the book Hamlet performative utterance played a big role. Performative utterance is "doing of an action." Hamlet's actions and self-overhearing help us understand the story clearer. Self- overhearing is when one talks to themselves or speaks out loud.

Hamlet's actions to speak out loud (self-overhearing) let us comprehend the story better. In his "to be or not to be," speech you got a sense of what he what he was feeling. He got to understand his actions as well. During the speech he talked about how he thought death was better than dealing with all the stress placed on his shoulders. You got to see how stable he was or if he was becoming a madman. Him speaking aloud helped us see how he was feeling and how complicated his life was to deal with.

Performative utterance/action showed how he impacted the characters through interaction. You knew who he trusted and what his motives were towards others. He didn't really like others much after he saw their true colors. His only friend he trusted was Horatio. His actions towards others also affected them. His wild ways, caused others to go mad and even kill themselves. His mother didn't care for him after his behaivor, his uncle didn't trust him, his child hood friends did what his uncle told them to do, he accidentally killed Polonius, Ophelia becoming mad killed herself, and Laertes wanted to kill him. The tragic accident of Hamlet's fathers death, caused him much pain and distance himselves from others. Hamlet's actions impacted the other characters immensly.

I can see how actions and speaking aloud can help any situation. Everyone uses self-overhearing. When one is frustrated we talk aloud to ourselves to vent. I felt Hamlet's actions and self-overing was a way for him to just let everything out. He had so much bottled up, he needed to just say what bothered him. His actions where understandable when you understood how he felt.

Performative utterance and self-overheaing helped move the story along. You where able to understand how a character, not just Hamlet, felt. Having self-overhearing justified his actions or performative utterance.