FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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It emphasizes his desire for revenge.
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It emphasizes his frustration with life.
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It emphasizes his anger at Claudius.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet uses hyperbole extensively in his famous ‘’To be, or not to be” soliloquy to describe his frustration with life as he contemplates suicide. In Act 3 Scene 1, he contemplates whether it is ‘’nobler” to bear the ‘’slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Hamlet uses vivid imagery to describe life death and the afterlife in his soliloquy in this scene. he decsribes life as cruel and harsh and uses weapons as a metaphor for life. He describes death as sleep, calm and peaceful.
Detailed explanation-4: -The “to be or not to be” soliloquy in Act 3 Scene 1 is significant in showing Hamlet’s tragic flaw; his inability to decide and inability to take action. The main purpose of this soliloquy is to establish Hamlet as a characteristically reflective, analytic, and moral character which leads to his tragic fall.
Detailed explanation-5: -Analysis of Hamlet’s Soliloquy, Act 3. He is wondering whether life or death is preferable; whether it is better to allow himself to be tormented by all the wrongs that he considers ‘outrageous fortune’ bestowed on him, or to arm himself and fight against them, bringing them to an end.