Final Hamlet Essay

    In Hamlet, performance utterance and self-overhearing plays a large part throughout the story. It is what helps Hamlet think about what is happening to him and what he feels he needs to do. Hamlet shows his self-overhearing when he is saying his soliloquies. Discussing to himself what he could/should do.  Hamlet has nobody he feels that he could talk to, to discuss the situations he is in.

Hamlet’s performative utterance impacts the characters because of how Hamlet interacts with them. Hamlet chooses how he wants them to see him. He is the only one who really knows what is happening throughout the play and acts accordingly. The plot is impacted through this because the plot is dependent upon Hamlet’s choices. If Hamlet had chosen a different action, the plot could’ve been very different.

Hamlet’s self-overhearing compares to mine, in the sense that I also do what Hamlet did. I tend to talk things out, which can help me make a decision. Talking aloud can help you think, which can help you think of another solution. Hamlet did this many different times, and this was able to help him. The way that I reflect on my experience can create a sense of memory, because I can think back to what I was talking about and what it was that I said. This can help me remember different things that are possibly important.

In conclusion self-overhearing can help you discover new solutions, or reinforce your existing plan. For Hamlet, he knew what it was he had to do; it merely took him a while to figure out how he was going to do it. He was able to get there faster through performative utterance and his self-overhearing.