Should I, Or Should I Not?
(Three Messages from the To Be Soliloquy in Hamlet Act 3 by William Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare is referred to as one of the greatest poet/author of all times. For those who have not read any of his works you may go as to question why this has been said. The answer to that is actually very simple. He is a lyrical genius in his writings. Whether it be poems or stories, he is always using his words to completely alter the thoughts of the mind and have you thinking about things in ways unimaginable. You may not even know of his name, but as soon as some of his works are mentioned you will recognize the titles. The things that he has wrote have been around for so long and continue to be used to teach in our world …show more content…
This would probably be one of the most common ways to interpret this. When it says in the very first lines, “To be, or not to be, that is the question:...” (Page 142, 3:1, Line 63) This right here shows that Hamlet is focusing on the fact of whether or not he should live and exist. To be is meaning as to continue to live, and not to be is indicating that he is going to stop living and end his life. This is totally a soliloquy on the idea of suicide for Hamlet. He is so overrun with all of these burdens that he doesn’t even know what to do with his life anymore. Hamlet struggles so much with the fact that his father is dead and his mother moved on in almost an instance. He blinked his eyes and it was all completely different and he is definitely struggling to handle all of the emotions involved in this. He is still stuck with the fact that his uncle, Claudius, is now taking the place of his father in almost all aspects of his …show more content…
This is one of the most difficult obstacles that presents itself to Hamlet. He is trying to decide on whether or not he should stand up and fight for all of the wrong things that are happening to him or if he should sit back and let it eat away at him. He states, “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles/ And by opposing end them.” (Page 142, 3:1, Lines 64-67) It presents itself very clearly that he doesn’t know which take on it would be more intelligent. He has no idea what outcomes are to come from which action he decides to take so it confuses
(Three Messages from the To Be Soliloquy in Hamlet Act 3 by William Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare is referred to as one of the greatest poet/author of all times. For those who have not read any of his works you may go as to question why this has been said. The answer to that is actually very simple. He is a lyrical genius in his writings. Whether it be poems or stories, he is always using his words to completely alter the thoughts of the mind and have you thinking about things in ways unimaginable. You may not even know of his name, but as soon as some of his works are mentioned you will recognize the titles. The things that he has wrote have been around for so long and continue to be used to teach in our world …show more content…
This would probably be one of the most common ways to interpret this. When it says in the very first lines, “To be, or not to be, that is the question:...” (Page 142, 3:1, Line 63) This right here shows that Hamlet is focusing on the fact of whether or not he should live and exist. To be is meaning as to continue to live, and not to be is indicating that he is going to stop living and end his life. This is totally a soliloquy on the idea of suicide for Hamlet. He is so overrun with all of these burdens that he doesn’t even know what to do with his life anymore. Hamlet struggles so much with the fact that his father is dead and his mother moved on in almost an instance. He blinked his eyes and it was all completely different and he is definitely struggling to handle all of the emotions involved in this. He is still stuck with the fact that his uncle, Claudius, is now taking the place of his father in almost all aspects of his …show more content…
This is one of the most difficult obstacles that presents itself to Hamlet. He is trying to decide on whether or not he should stand up and fight for all of the wrong things that are happening to him or if he should sit back and let it eat away at him. He states, “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/ The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles/ And by opposing end them.” (Page 142, 3:1, Lines 64-67) It presents itself very clearly that he doesn’t know which take on it would be more intelligent. He has no idea what outcomes are to come from which action he decides to take so it confuses