Hamlet: The seven soliloquies Hamlet gives us seven soliloquies, all centered on the most important existential themes: the emptiness of existence, suicide, death, suffering, action, a fear of death that puts you off the most important decisions, the fear of the afterlife, the degradation of the flesh, the triumph of vice over virtue, the pride and hypocrisy of human beings, the difficulty of acting under the weight of a thought "that makes us cowards" Everything'. He also offers us, in the last act, some observations made in the conversation with Horace at the cemetery which it is appropriate to place in the same context as the soliloquies because the themes of life and death in general and his attitude towards his own death were with him constantly. Four of his seven soliloquies deserve our special attention: “Oh, that this too filthy flesh would melt,” “Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!”, “To be or not to be, that is the question,” and “How all occasions inform against me." The readings of these soliloquies are varied and diverse. However, three observations are appropriate: 1. The density of Hamlet's thought is extraordinary. Not a word is wasted; every syllable and every sound expresses the depth of his reflection and the intensity of his emotion. The spectator cannot help but remain hypnotized.2. The language is extremely beautiful. Shakespeare was in love with words. His soliloquies are pieces of pure poetry, written in blank verse, supported by a rhythm that is sometimes soft, sometimes harsh, by a fast or slow rhythm, offering us surprises in every verse.3. The soliloquies are in fact the hidden plot of the play because, if you place them side by side, you notice that the character of Hamlet goes through a development which, in essence, is nothing other than the history of human thought from the Renaissance to the existentialism of the twentieth century. The Hamlet of the first soliloquy is an indignant man who, disgusted by his "tainted flesh", sees no other solution to his disgust than death. To free himself from the grip of his flesh he must end his life. But there is the problem: God, the Eternal, he tells us, does not allow us to act in this way. God still rules the universe and Hamlet must obey his restrictions.