The first line of this passage instantly creates an opposition in the readers mind. “To be, or not to be”. To live, or to die. It is a perfect balance between the pros and cons of life and death. The passage gives the reader a glimpse into Hamlet’s state of mind. He cannot live with the emotional burden and pain of seeing his mother with the man who killed his father. It hurts him so badly that he contemplates between life and death. Death is something that is desirable; it relieves one of all life’s burdens. Yet, to choose to end one’s own life would be to put yourself in a place of unknown possibilities. To live or to die; is it better to suffer mentally and emotionally, dealing with the “slings and arrows” of the problems of life,
