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The following piece of English literary is taken from one of Shakespeare’s plays Hamlet and is one of his most famous soliloquies. The first half of the speech, in bold, is the original text taken from the first folio in 1623 and the second half is The Arden Shakespeare complete works revised edition published in 2001. The contrasts in the two not only help to magnify the differences between the language and how it has evolved but also show the differences in spelling which pose problems for the modern reader.To be, or not to be, that is the question: 1 Whether ‘tis nobler in the minde to fuffer The flings and arrowes of outragious fortune, Or to take armes againft a fea of troubles And by oppofing end them. To die to fleepe, No more; and by a fleepe to fay we end The hart-ake and the thoufand naturall fhocks That flefh is heire to: ‘tis a confummation Deuoutly to be wifht to die to fleepe; To fleepe, perchance to dreame, I there’s the rub: 10 For in that fleepe of death what dreames may come? When we haue fhuffled off this mortall coyle, Muft giue vs paufe, there’s the respect That makes calamity of fo long life: For who would beare the whips and fcornes of time,
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English Elizabethan, Arden Shakespeare, French Latin, English English, Shakespeare Grammar, , Ophelia Nymph, modern reader, English Literature, modern english, own personal, personal style, own personal style, meaning modern, middle english, modern day, word spelling, manner ie, intended meaning, die fleepe fleepe,
Approximate Word count = 1724
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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