All of my friends memorised the below speech from Shakespeare & tell when gossip. I hear & stand speechless due to my illetaracy. Please explain the soliloquy in plain english:
"To be or not to be, that is the question—
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep—
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to — 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep—
o that I can understand the meaning:~~
2007-05-15 20:29:11 · 6 answers · asked by Omar Siddiqui 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I think, therefore I am.
Is it more desirable to have standards, and be willing to defend them, and win, or quit, not try (die)....I'm not sure what's better, I don't understand life.
2007-05-15 20:32:41 · answer #1 · answered by spam_free_he_he 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since I came here from the country, I have not seen her close. Tell me, is-- is she beautiful? Thomas, if I could write with the beauty of her eyes, I was born to look in them and know myself. A-A-And her lips? Her lips? The early morning rose would whither on the branch if it could feel envy. And her voice, like lark's song? Deeper, softer. None of your twittering larks. I would banish nightingales from her garden before they interrupt her song. Oh, she sings too? - Constantly. Without doubt. And plays the lute. She has a natural ear. And her bosom. Did I mention her bosom? What of her bosom? Oh, Thomas, a pair of pippins... as round and rare as golden apples. I think milady is wise to keep your love at a distance. For what lady could live up to it close to... when her eyes and lips and voice may be no more beautiful than mine. ---------william Shakespeare---'shakespeare in love'(the new juliet)
2016-04-01 03:42:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet is contemplating suicide. He wants desperately to kill himself because of all the bad things going on in his life - his father's murder, his mother's hasty marriage to Claudius, whom killed his father, his father appearing to him as a ghost, and the possibility that the ghost is the devil trying to get Hamlet to sin. At the same time, though, Hamlet knows that suicide is considered disgraceful and, worse yet, a sin. He also does not know what lies in wait for him after he offs himself, which scares him. His speech: Is it better to live with my misery, or to simply end it all here and now?
2007-05-15 20:40:11 · answer #3 · answered by Berrex 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Kill myself or not, I don't know.
Does it make me a better person to let bad things happen to me, or to fight my troubles by killing myself.
Death is like sleep, so that's a good thing.
(But then he thinks he might have nightmares in his sleep/death.)
If your friends really are contemplating suicide tell them it is a cowardly and wrong thing! Or at least come back with the later bit:
To sleep! perchance to dream: aye, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
when we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
must give us pause
2007-05-15 20:51:26 · answer #4 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a good question, but i'll take a bat at it... it's about taking risks in life, whether it's to fight for a war or to escape from it'; it's about whether we wish to engage in an conflict or joy in life or just ignore it and keep to ourselves... it's a question as to how we addess the moment when opportunity arises or when the face of adversity is upon us...
2007-05-15 20:34:54 · answer #5 · answered by ogg08 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should I off myself or not? How's that for simple English?
2007-05-15 20:32:54 · answer #6 · answered by Phartzalot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋