Going on living versus committing suicide. He does this several times in different language. First, pithily: "To be" (living) vs. "Not to be" (dying). Then more drawn out: "suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" (living) vs. "take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them" (dying). Then as an argument for suicide: "To sleep" (dying) vs. "the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to" (living). Then at great length with a catalogue: "bear the whips and scorns of time, th'oppressor's wrong etc. etc." (living) vs. "his quietus make with a bare bodkin" (dying). And again: "fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life" (living) vs. "the undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns" (dying).
He equates it with sleep, but fears the unknown and the "dreams" (afterlife) that may await him.
death; sleep
"To die; to sleep."
That would be Hamlet's "To be or not to be..." soliloquy, where Hamlet contemplates suicide.
Shakespeare uses soliloquy to allow readers to get into the characters mind and thoughts. This would allow the reader to know the intimate thoughts when Hamlet murdered his uncle in order to get justice for his father's death.
Hamlet delivers four soliloquies, give or take. All have to do with the question of when to act and when to hold oneself back, and the general wickedness of the world. His most famous soliloquy, the "to be or not to be" speech, discusses how fear of the afterlife contributes to fear of death, and how in general a sober understanding of the possible consequences can paralyze you.
Hamlet - questioning the meaning of life
The theme of Hamlet's second soliloquy is his main internal conflict. Hamlet wants revenge fort his father, but dislikes the idea of exacting revenge. Hamlet becomes frenzied and anxious during the second soliloquy, trying to resolve this conflict.
What prompts this soliloquy is the fact that Hamlet has not yet gotten revenge for his father's death.
That would be Hamlet's "To be or not to be..." soliloquy, where Hamlet contemplates suicide.
Shakespeare uses soliloquy to allow readers to get into the characters mind and thoughts. This would allow the reader to know the intimate thoughts when Hamlet murdered his uncle in order to get justice for his father's death.
Hamlet delivers four soliloquies, give or take. All have to do with the question of when to act and when to hold oneself back, and the general wickedness of the world. His most famous soliloquy, the "to be or not to be" speech, discusses how fear of the afterlife contributes to fear of death, and how in general a sober understanding of the possible consequences can paralyze you.
Hamlet's soliloquy pondered whether or not baron was a metalloid. Metalloids are elements that can be characterized as both metals and nonmetals.
Hamlet - questioning the meaning of life
It is a soliloquy. A dialogue is between two people; soliloquy is more like self-introspection.
"The fear of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns". Well, no traveller except Hamlet's father anyway.
As Hamlet is contemplating suicide, he equates sleep with death. But then he imagines what death is like, and worries that if there are dreams or something after, it would be bad: "To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come..."
The theme of Hamlet's second soliloquy is his main internal conflict. Hamlet wants revenge fort his father, but dislikes the idea of exacting revenge. Hamlet becomes frenzied and anxious during the second soliloquy, trying to resolve this conflict.
It's from Hamlets soliloquy in Hamlet by W Shakespeare.
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