“That is the Question…”
3 Messages From to “Be or Not to Be” Considering Hamlet is the greatest writing of Shakespeare, it is obvious that there will be hundreds of hidden messages or themes. In his speech in act three, scene one Hamlet makes very interesting remarks about life. The three messages from this speech are life and death, thinking and doing, and is change a choice. The question of life and death pops up a lot in Hamlet, this being one of those moments. Several times throughout the story Hamlet talks about committing suicide, but never actually does it because he is afraid of life after death. “To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against the sea of troubles and by opposing end them.” Act 3, scene 1, lines 63-67 . For him was it better to choose option A which was to suffer, or option B, take arms against the serpent? Well Hamlet was in a bad rut and wanted a way out, but really there was none. …show more content…
This of this moment in the play where a boy in school decides to call a girl, and when he gets home he says ill call her now, but when he gets to it he goes well maybe I’ll just call her at six that seems like a good time to call. But when six comes around he goes nah eight is a better time to call, no wait nine is, so by the time nine comes around he thinks to himself that tomorrow is actually the day to call the girl. We all do something like this in our everyday lives. Thinking overkills doing every time, and Hamlet did this quite often. He kept on saying that he was going to get revenge on his stepdad but then would continue to push it back and push it back. He finally admits this in his speech. “-After we’ve cast off the hurly-burly of mortal life- must make us hesitate. That’s what makes us tolerate suffering so long.” –act 3, scene 3, lines
3 Messages From to “Be or Not to Be” Considering Hamlet is the greatest writing of Shakespeare, it is obvious that there will be hundreds of hidden messages or themes. In his speech in act three, scene one Hamlet makes very interesting remarks about life. The three messages from this speech are life and death, thinking and doing, and is change a choice. The question of life and death pops up a lot in Hamlet, this being one of those moments. Several times throughout the story Hamlet talks about committing suicide, but never actually does it because he is afraid of life after death. “To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against the sea of troubles and by opposing end them.” Act 3, scene 1, lines 63-67 . For him was it better to choose option A which was to suffer, or option B, take arms against the serpent? Well Hamlet was in a bad rut and wanted a way out, but really there was none. …show more content…
This of this moment in the play where a boy in school decides to call a girl, and when he gets home he says ill call her now, but when he gets to it he goes well maybe I’ll just call her at six that seems like a good time to call. But when six comes around he goes nah eight is a better time to call, no wait nine is, so by the time nine comes around he thinks to himself that tomorrow is actually the day to call the girl. We all do something like this in our everyday lives. Thinking overkills doing every time, and Hamlet did this quite often. He kept on saying that he was going to get revenge on his stepdad but then would continue to push it back and push it back. He finally admits this in his speech. “-After we’ve cast off the hurly-burly of mortal life- must make us hesitate. That’s what makes us tolerate suffering so long.” –act 3, scene 3, lines