In conclusion, Hamlet’s soliloquy of To be or not to be could be considered to be both true and false depending on the angle one chooses to view the speech from. The speech may be perceived as a false soliloquy because Ophelia who was acting as Claudius agent was in the room and Hamlet was fully aware of her presence and since he was determined to keep up the insane act he failed to personalize the speech since he did not express his own personal feelings or to honestly discuss his issues like he did in earlier soliloquy thus does not meet the description of a soliloquy. Conversely, the speech could be considered a true soliloquy based on the perception that Hamlet assumed Ophelia’s and honestly talked about issues that were bothering him which
