Stressor In Eudora Shelley's 'Ophelia'

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The first and second stressor is coming from the “To live or to die” soliloquy. “Whether’ tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles,” shows that this is a stressor. (III.i. 59-61)..“The undiscovered country,” is also a feeling of worry towards the unknown. (III.i. 140). The reader is understanding his contemplation of being a live or dead because of everything he has been put through to this point. His behavior towards Ophelia is rude and insensible. Any chance he got to say something that “might make her moan a little” to Ophelia he’d say it. (III.ii. 232-233). Then he remarks in a rude way, He believes that “that’s a fair thought to lie between a maids’ legs” (III.ii.108).

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