FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Is happiness really a better alternative than suffering?
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Is it better to sleep through life than to be angry all the time?
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Is suicide really a viable option to escape from suffering?
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Is it wiser to accept suffering or to fight its causes and end it?
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Is the passing of time good or bad for the human condition?
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Detailed explanation-1: -Does Hamlet consider suicide? When Hamlet asks “To be or not to be?”, he is asking himself whether it is better to be alive-and suffer what life offers-or to be dead by one’s own hand and end the suffering.
Detailed explanation-2: -Select two questions Hamlet asks in his “To be or not to be” soliloquy in Act III, Scene 1. Is happiness really a better alternative than suffering? Is it better to sleep through life than to be angry all the time?
Detailed explanation-3: -In the ‘To be or not be to’ soliloquy Shakespeare has his Hamlet character speak theses famous lines. Hamlet is wondering whether he should continue to be, meaning to exist or remain alive, or to not exist – in other words, commit suicide.
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.