FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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dramatic irony
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unilogues
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soliloquies
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dialogues
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Detailed explanation-1: -The famous “To be or not to be ” soliloquy comes from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet (written around 1601) and is spoken by the titular Prince Hamlet in Act 3, Scene 1. It is 35 lines long.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet: ‘To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question’ ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’ is the most famous soliloquy in the works of Shakespeare – quite possibly the most famous soliloquy in literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet, torn between life and death, utters the words to the audience revealing what is happening inside his mind. It is a soliloquy because Hamlet does not express his thoughts to other characters. Rather he discusses what he thinks in that critical juncture with his inner self.
Detailed explanation-4: -"To be, or not to be” is the opening phrase of a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called “nunnery scene” of William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1. In the speech, Hamlet contemplates death and suicide, weighing the pain and unfairness of life against the alternative, which might be worse.
Detailed explanation-5: -By William Shakespeare. (from Hamlet, spoken by Hamlet) To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer.