Shakespeare
“To be or not to be….that is the question.” Throughout Shakespeare’s play, “Hamlet” it has been noted that there are four main soliloquy’s. These principal speeches are representative of Hamlets thought process through out the play. The third soliloquy has been noted as one of the most prominent of all of shakepeares works. It could be argued that it encompasses Hamlet’s final decision on how to deal with the event that has taken place. Furthermore, it plays an intricate part in the story as a whole. The third soliloquy begins by saying, “To be, or not to be; that is the question” This first line is a preface to what the entire passage will be about. This is Hamlet questioning if he should kill himself or take revenge and kill his uncle. “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arm against a sea of troubles, At this point, Hamlet is deciding whether it would be better to not engage in any revenge for his fathers death against his uncle, or to go up “against a sea of troubles” his uncle, and take retaliation for what happened by doing to him what he had done to his father. He ponders on the idea of whether he fighting a us
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Approximate Word count = 1475
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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