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In Act I scene II of Hamlet, the leading character says, "O that this too, too sullied flesh would melt." (I ii 133) In some manuscripts, however, the word "solid" is written as "sullied." Experts disagree on what word is better. I think " ....

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... mother's behavior which has most frustrated him. His father had been "so loving" (I ii 144) to his mother, but his mother’s "love" is compared to her "appetite" for sex which he thinks is not right. He also feels so betrayed that he criticizes his mother’s marriage as being low class, saying "Ay, Madam, it is common." (I ii 76) He loses his trust in his mother, claiming "frailty, thy name is woman!" (I ii 150) Hamlet’s mother had been married for a long period of time and after her husband’s death she just married her brother-in-law without even waiting for the mourning period to be finished. Hamlet is particularly heartbroken over t ...