I need a thesis that explains how it relates to one of the themes in Hamlet... and I also need to explain what it means.. It would be great if anyone of you can help... thanks!!
2007-03-27 14:23:08 · 4 answers · asked by ndnguju 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Firstly, it's essential to get the quote semantically correct, or trying to decipher it's possible meaning is a waste of time.
"Why, then, 'tis none to you; for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so....."
Locked into the words of most of Shakespeare's works are pearls of wisdom so profound that even now the most erudite would be hard pressed to understand, for example :
Hamlet, speaking to his old friend, Horatio says " there's more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy"
Here Prince Hamlet is observing that there is much more to life than may appear on the surface.
In your quote, the 'good' or 'bad', describes the qualitative value placed on any particular event by the observer. We are used to placing judgements on things in terms of 'good' and 'evil', but in the true sense there is no such thing, only what appears to be desirable or undesirable.
If you like to bath in hot water then entering a freezing cold bath will seem undesirable, and you will probably think that the person who filled it for you had some 'grudge' against you, if you are used tro cold water baths your viewpoint will be the opposite, the events and their circumstances remain the same, thus it is the 'thoughts' of the observer that place the value 'Good' or 'Bad'.
2007-03-27 14:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by cosmicvoyager 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The point being that Hamlet was a victim of his own thoughts, causing his greatest flaw: indecision.
He over-thinks everything.
This makes him choose very circuitous routes to his ends.
If he had just up and killed his uncle, that would have been that ( and made for a very short play).
Re-read it with an eye for every time Hamlet should act, but gets lost in his attempt to be too cautious, to the point of either inaction, over-thinking or forcing a bad situation to become worse.
2007-03-27 23:57:40 · answer #2 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is inherently good or bad. It's just a matter of opinion.
2007-03-27 22:13:53 · answer #3 · answered by q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All depends upon one's opinion,how he/she takes.If u take the thing +vely its good n if u take -vevly its bad.
2007-03-28 03:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by Fun Loving Gal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋