Self-Imprisonment: Hamlet's Iron Words

In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the story of a confused son's revenge is told through both plot and speech pattern. Young Hamlet, the son of former King Hamlet of Denmark, lives a perplexing lifestyle in which he juggles his ever-changing emotions with the death of his father and the marriage of his mother and uncle. Being the slightly awkward man he is, Hamlet is not very friendly with his family, and is left with his words as his comrades. Hamlet's uses his words as his sword and shield: to express himself in his soliloques and to mask his true thoughts around people. However empowering Hamlet's words might be to him, they also trap him. Being so intelligent, Hamlet over thinks every aspect of his life (like revenge) and constantly confuses himself. Therefore, although Hamlet's words are his sanctuary, they are also his prison because they depress him, cause him to be indecisive, and delay his revenge.