what does Hamlet mean when he says "o that this too too solid flesh would melt, / thaw and resolve itself into a dew,…
maybe I should make this clearer. I’m refering to Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Well, it’s from Act 1, Scene 2, where (I believe) Hamlet has just heard from the ghost of his father about how dad actually died.
I think the first few lines are his wish that he could simply die and disappear (the next line, “or that the Everlasting had not fix’d his canon 'gainst self-slaughter!” is his regret that the Church forbids suicide)
The whole sollil… soliqu… speech can be found in this pdf file.
http://www.visionquesttheater.com/docs/01-hamlet.pdf
Actually, it was before Hamlet met the Ghost. He was already plenty depressed before he knew his father was murdered by Claudius.
There’s an alternate version (no telling which is the original intent) that reads, “O, that this too, too sullied flesh &c.”
If anyone’s interested I’ll look up the specifics tomorrow.