FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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He questions whether love, either romantic or family love, is worth all of the pain it causes.
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He is pondering whether a miserable life is better than the unknown of the death.
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He questions whether peace of mind is a good substitute for material wealth.
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He questions the traditions about succession to the throne in Denmark. He feels that either he or his mother should be the rightful successor to his dead father.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet’s famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy is in Scene One. Which of the following paraphrases his main points? He is pondering whether a miserable life is better than the unknown of the death.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the subject of Hamlet’s second soliloquy, the famous “To be or not to be” speech? The subject is internal conflict. He wants revenge for his father but dislikes the idea of exacting revenge. He becomes frenzied and anxious trying to resolve the conflict.
Detailed explanation-4: -To be or not to be. Hamlet is in a state of shock and grief as he has discovered that his father has been murdered by his uncle. Throughout this soliloquy, which happens at the start of Act 3 Scene 1, he thinks about whether he should face life’s hardships head on or end them by dying.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet is contemplating suicide, he tells this by whether or not he should sleep, or forever sleep. He is asking the question to be or not to be which is significant because it means to live or die. He continues to asks questions about death and will anything happen after death.