FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Humans have no meaning and serve no point.
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Humans are dusty.
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Humans come from dust and return to dust.
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Humans have value.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The beauty of the world. The paragon of animals. And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?” By saying this, he is stating that there is so much beauty and amazement in a person. Although he could care less, he sees nothing more than ordinary.
Detailed explanation-2: -And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me: no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so. T H E S P E E C H : Here’s the speech, broken down into individual thoughts.
Detailed explanation-3: -And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust? ‘ (act 2 scene 2) For all its wonder, he is saying, a human being is essentially only a pile of dust. That is not only a profound expression of depression but a quite shocking view of human worthlessness.
Detailed explanation-4: -The soliloquy is essentially all about life and death: “To be or not to be” means “To live or not to live” (or “To live or to die"). Hamlet discusses how painful and miserable human life is, and how death (specifically suicide) would be preferable, would it not be for the fearful uncertainty of what comes after death.