Read the excerpt from hamlet, act i, scene ii. [exeunt all except hamlet.] hamlet: o! that this too too solid flesh would melt,
thaw and resolve itself into a dew; or that the everlasting had not fixd his canon gainst self-slaughter! o god! o god! how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world. fie on t! o fie! tis an unweeded garden, that grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature possess it merely. that it should come to this! what effect does the stage direction have on the scene?
The only stage direction is for every character to leave, letting Hamlet have his monologue. It allows the reader or listener to relate to Hamlet. It also usually shows exposition in the storyline.
