How does the setting of this speech relate back to events in Act I? What is the significance of this connection? What feeling is
revealed by Hamlet's comment that "Now could I drink hot blood"? What other words convey this state of mind? How do his words here violate the spirit of the final demand the Ghost made of him?
1. Hamlet's speech shows how he is ready for his revenge and this connects to ACT 1 in the play because it is in this act that Hamlet finds out who killed his father and must die in revenge.
2. a feeling of anger and courage is revealed so great and intoxicating that it makes Hamlet have the courage to do absurd and totally non-Christian things, such as drinking blood.
3. Other words that convey this state of spirit are: Fury, resentment, bravery, anger, fury and embarrassment.
4. The ghost demands that Hamlet take revenge on his killer, but does not ask Hamlet to act with mercy, which Hamlet shows he wants to do in his speech.
