A soliloquy, as defined by the Mariam-Webster Online Dictionary, is "a long, usually serious speech that a character in a play makes to the audience and that reveals the character's thoughts ". Soliloquies are often used in plays to clarify how a specific character (usually the protagonist) feels. Some speeches show a lesson learned, others are simply used to increase the intensity of the show. William Shakespeare's Hamlet Includes many soliloquies performed by the main character, Prince Hamlet, who throughout the play avenges his father's death. The first three acts of Shakespeare's Hamlet each contain a significant soliloquy from the main character, and each has a separate message or theme: 1) Act I, the Scene II soliloquy beginning in line 131 explains Hamlet's frustrations regarding his mother and her actions, 2) Act II, scene II soliloquy in the last lines of the act, Hamlet explains his frustration with himself and his lack of action against the king, his uncle, and 3) Act III, soliloquy of scene I which begins at line 63 explains the difference between thinking and acting and pe...