Hamlet's classsic "To be or not to be..."(Hamlet, prince of Denmark, 3.1.57) speech really shows who he is. Obviously Hamlet is horribly depressed. ... Hamlet is seriously in need of some Prozac. ... Hamlet is a very seriously disturbed, depressed guy. ...
This speech provides us with a clear understanding of Hamlet and his motivations. Hamlet is seriously in need of some Prozac. ... Hamlet says, he is depressed and wants to die. Hamlet it would rather complain about troubles than solve them. ... Hamlet's motivation for wanting to die gives some of the best insight into his personality. ...
Within Hamlet there are two types of madness: the very apparent outer madness, and a hidden madness that isn't even realized by Hamlet. ... In an ironic sense, Hamlet contaminated himself. ... It is more than this which signifies Hamlet as mad. ... Hamlet is indeed acting madly and without a reason. ... Shakespeare's Hamlet is as much about normal, sane men as it is about Hamlet. ...
Our Great Prince Together we have experienced many deaths but none so great as the death we will observe today: the death of our Prince Hamlet. Hamlet was a dear friend to me and to many others as well. ... Hamlet was a noble man as well that would fight for his beliefs and for what he knew to be true. ... It seemed as if many were against him but Hamlet was brave and did not care. ... Prince Hamlet did all of this for his father whom he loved so deeply. ...
It almost is like Hamlet committed suicide, because he and Laertes were in such remarkably similar frames of mind. ... Fortinbras now has control over the kingdom, as Hamlet's dying wish was to let Fortinbras be king. ... Why let Fortinbras, a man who, again, mirrors Hamlet so brilliantly, take a throne he was on his way to usurp? Perhaps it is because Hamlet realized for himself that his struggle had been for nought but the death of his uncle, his father's murderer. ... It seems there is no doubt that Hamlet's actions were for nothing, and that his revenge was wasted. ...
When Polonius asked Hamlet to "Walk out of the air" (Hamlet II ii 207) into the castle where it is cooler, Hamlet replied, "Into my grave." ... (Hamlet II ii 215-216) In Hamlet's most famous soliloquy, "To be or not to be," (Hamlet III i 56) he questioned whether it would be worthwhile to endure life and confront "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" or to oppose by putting an end to the "sea of troubles" (Hamlet III i 58, 59). ... Hamlet commented, "[life] will be short. ... The readiness is all," continued Hamlet on Act V. sc II. ... Throughout the play, Prince Hamlet percei...
Hamlet C) "To be or not to be: that is the question- 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 be or not to be- is probably one of the most famous lines in English literature and is spoken by Hamlet in Act III, scene i, lines 58-90. Hamlet poses the problem of whether to commit suicide as a logical question: "To be, or not to be," that is, to live or not to live. ... Hamlet immediately realizes this, and he changes hi...
At the same time, in William Shakespeare's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy from his play "Hamlet," the main character struggles with whether to live or to take his own life. ... In Shakespeare's soliloquy, Hamlet states "to die, to sleep - to sleep, perchance to dream...for in that sleep what dreams may come." Hamlet struggles as he tries to decide whether to suffer the "slings and arrows" which life throws at you or to "end the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to" therefore making death a savior from pain and struggles. ... In Shakespeare's solil...
The value of human life is still and may always be an undiscovered curiosity. During early times, to some people, life was not valued at all. People were used as slaves and treated like nothing. Today, our society thinks that professional athletes, singers, or actors are "worth more" than people who...
