FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Homily
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Soliloquy
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Eulogy
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Euphemism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shakespeare uses several metaphors in “To be or not to be, ” making it by far the most prominent literary device in the soliloquy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first line of the speech, “To be, or not to be, that is the question” contains two literary devices. These are antithesis and aporia. The following lines also contain aporia. Readers come across a metaphor in, “The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.” This line also contains a personification.
Detailed explanation-3: -“To be or not to be-that is the question” is the first line of arguably the most famous speech in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In this soliloquy from Act 3, Scene 1, Hamlet contemplates death and what comes after it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Soliloquy is the word we traditionally use to refer to a monologue that is delivered when the character is alone. In Shakespeare’s plays, for example, there are many speeches that begin with a character saying something like “Now I am alone.” And you know you are about to experience a soliloquy.
Detailed explanation-5: -’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.