Hamlet

   Performative utterance and self-overhearing play a major role in the play, Hamlet and its plot. Performative utterance, being the speaking of statements that fulfill an action rather describing the statement. Not only does his self-overhearing affect his choices, but impacts the other characters in the play.

  The whole plot of the play is dependent on Hamlet’s thoughts and decisions to act upon those thoughts. Hamlet as seen in his, “To be or not to be,” soliloquy was to show his indecisiveness about his decisions. Though, he does talk out his thoughts, what he wants to do, and how to proceed with it. This soliloquy gives us an insight to Hamlet’s inner workings

   

   When Hamlet speaks out loud it affects the plot because he not only gives us more insight but also foreshadows what is to come. We receive a glimpse of what a possibility could happen. With him saying these words out loud he not only helps the reader to see a clear picture, but is able to resolve his personal issues.

  That is where Hamlet’s and my own self-overhearing are similar. I feel my decisions are more clearer when they are spoken out loud and thoroughly. Without performative utterance things always have the possibility of turning out differently, and that is seen clearly. The plot might have turned out differently if Hamlet did not expose and think out his decisions. That is why it makes such a similar impact on our own lives.