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2B or not 2B: Hamlet Group Soliloquy
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2 B or Not 2 B
To Be or Not to Be
"To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?"(3.1.64-68)
Hamlet is deciding whether or not to live or to die. to continue living with his sorrows or to just end it all with his life.
Act 3.1
To die; to sleep
No more, and by a sleep say we end
The heart -ache, and the thousand natural shocks\That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd.
Hamlet is contemplating how easy it would be to end it all and kill himself. He compares death to a peaceful sleep where none of life's hardships can disturb him such as heartache.
To endure or to escape?
To die; to sleep; to sleep;
perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For what in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give pause:
Hamlet is wondering what happens you die,
for to him dying is just sleeping, and uncertain
dreams can come with sleeping; Hamlet is
worried about what he may dream of if he
killed himself.
There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin (3.1.68-76)
Section 5
Hamlet is pondering, who would want to live such an exhausting life if they weren't afraid of after-life. The after-life being a scary place from which nobody returns. We know nothing about it, and acquire no answers. Hamlet poses the option to stick with what one knows, rather than asking questions about something unknown , we should stick with what we know.
Hamlet is concerning himself with these thoughts because he is thinking about taking his life. He concludes that he should not do it, "And makes us rather bear those ills we have /Than fly to others that we know not of?" (3.1.89-90). (Orange Book)
By: Rach, Syd and Alyss