What did Shakespeare mean by that? Was it just bla, bla, bla...
2006-08-09 12:17:01 · 14 answers · asked by isakssonrichard 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
it was in reference to SUICIDE. Don't do it. If you need help, to the Emergency Room.
Of call a Suicide hotline.
2006-08-09 12:20:29 · answer #1 · answered by Gardenfoot 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has long been believed that Hamlet is contemplating suicide here. In this context, "to be" would mean "to continue living." The problem with this interpretation is that it overlooks three salient facts. The first fact is that Hamlet's dead dad "is" (in the same sense that Mt. Ararat is). In the very beginning of the play (known to historians as Act I), the dead dad appears. This appearance, of course, is a source of great consternation to radical Christian fundamentalists, who protest anything supernatural except for stuff in the Bible such as the Holy Ghost, turning water into wine, and anything later replicated by Charlton Heston. The second problem is that "to be" is merely code for the correct answer to the second question of 67.2% of multiple-choice English tests in American high schools. The third, and most salient objection, is that Bill was just filling space here in a means best understood by examining a relatively recent bit of verse from The Greg Kihn Band's minor hit "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write Them)," which contains the lyrics, "uh huh huh huh huh huh ha huh huh." Mr. Kihn, much like Bill, put nonsense syllables in expecting to replace them later.
2006-08-09 19:23:19 · answer #2 · answered by If u were wondering, It's me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet's soliloquy is essentially Prince Hamlet trying to decide whether or not to kill himself. Very powerful, widely considered to be one of Shakespeare's most well-known soliloquys right up there with "All the World's a Stage" from As You Like It.
So yeah, basically Hamlet's thinking about suicide.
2006-08-09 19:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by Robert M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know because i am not a Shakespeare fan BUT i do know that you are hot
2006-08-09 19:23:18 · answer #4 · answered by mørbidsшεεŧnεss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet was contemplating suicide. he was bummed what with his father gone and all, should he go on in this life of suffering or kill himself/ That was the question.
2006-08-09 19:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by Iamstitch2U 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well shakespeare actually was thinking of killing himself( Hamlet actually.). So it was like saying "To die or not to die"
2006-08-09 19:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by ab_ova_here 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet is trying to decide whether to live or kill himself.
2006-08-09 19:21:46 · answer #7 · answered by EPnTX 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was like Nostrodamus. He predicted "I'm the Man" by Anthrax!!!!
2006-08-09 19:21:47 · answer #8 · answered by daspook19 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He meant action or no result.
2006-08-09 19:20:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to live or not to live or to be here on not to be here. something like that.
2006-08-09 19:22:07 · answer #10 · answered by ♥Loving*Steph♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋