Words aren't always just words, sometimes they're actions or feelings or more. In Hamlet Shakespeare uses soliloquies, conversations, and speeches to show what the characters are feeling and how they're acting on those feelings throughout the play. Through these soliloquies and speeches we, as readers, are able to watch the characters and the story change and progress. An inside look to the characters thinking process helps the reader better understand the why behind the action.
A big part of Hamlet is the to be or not to be soliloquy where Hamlet addresses a lot of big life questions and reveals his feelings towards the events going on in his life. Another time Hamlet uses words to express his feelings and his actions is when he's instructing the players on how to act out their parts, he advises them not to overact and to make the part believable and authentic. Hamlet's instructions directly relate to his actions with everyone around him, trying to put on a show, never revealing how he truly feels, never letting his guard down. These examples of self-overhearing relate to me because everything I say or do affects my future and the actions I'm taking towards building my future. Right now I'm busy applying for colleges and the words on my application might look like just words now, but they're actually life changing statements, those words could turn into a whole new life for me.
Hamlet's performative utterances allow us to have a look inside the mind of Hamlet and see what he truly feels and how he acts on those feelings. Words have the ability to set our feelings out to be followed up by our actions which make words a very powerful part of us.
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