Question:
Here's your chance to voice your own opinion on the question of the meaning of Hamlet's famous speech. Which is in Act 3 Scene 1 " To be-or not to be: that is the question"
What is Hamlet saying? What does he mean?
I really need a second oppinion. Much appreciated. Please and Thank you!!
2007-12-27 08:16:47 · 3 answers · asked by baby girl 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
He's arguing with himself. He wants to be at peace (death), but on the other hand he does not really know what death will bring. It may bring peace, but it also could bring greater suffering than is faced in life. He also poses that if we could be sure that death would bring us peace, who wouldn't take his or her own life? He ends by saying that thinking too much about something psyches a person out so that they won't go through with whatever action they are considering.
2007-12-27 08:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by Machi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
nicely Hamlet would not think of lots of polonius the two and he mocks his pomposity and triteness. additionally, he finally ends up being stabbed by means of mistake. Hamlet shrugs this of. i do no longer think of Shakespeare meant Pol to be a sympathetic character, yet he tries to calm the waters in his ineffectuakl way...neither a borrower nor a lender be is the advice uncles provide, yet he has no genuine understanding, in simple terms platitudes...i assume,
2016-10-20 02:10:35 · answer #2 · answered by mcclune 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Machi answered the question fully, so you should award him best answer.
What Hamlet says is "Should I kill myself? Life is full of troubles and worries. By killing myself, I would get rid of all that. But wait: Is there an afterlife? If I kill myself, what kind of mess would I get myself into. I wish that God had not forbidden suicide.
2007-12-27 08:52:15 · answer #3 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋