FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Should he continue his life
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Should he avenge his fathers death
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Right from wrong
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Confessing his love for Ophelia
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Hamlet’s last soliloquy is crucial to our understanding of his character development. By the end of the soliloquy, Hamlet brings to a halt his solemn contemplation on the immoral act of murderous revenge, and finally accepts it as his necessary duty.
Detailed explanation-3: -In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet’s soliloquies reveals how he is progressively changing his character from being angry about his parents, to confusion about his father’s murder, leading him to become an antic disposition character.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet’s passionate first soliloquy provides a striking contrast to the controlled and artificial dialogue that he must exchange with Claudius and his court. The primary function of the soliloquy is to reveal to the audience Hamlet’s profound melancholia and the reasons for his despair.