Hamlet 3.1 | Hamlet’s To Be Or Not To Be Soliloquy Flashcards
(4 cards)
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3.1 “To be, or not to be, that is the question”
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Structured as iambic pentameter, hamlet presented as dispassionate + a quintessential renaissance thinker as he weighs the value of life against the fear of the unknown in death
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3.1 “A sea of troubles / “slings + arrows”
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Represents overwhelming, endless struggles hamlet has. Slings and arrows conveying random and often cruel misfortune by fat
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3.1 “The undiscovr’d country”
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A metaphor for death + afterlife - highlights fear + uncertainty, preventing people using it as an escape
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3.1 “The native hue of resolution / is sicklied o’er with with pale cast of thought”
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Hamlet reflecting on how overthinking corrupts action + turns bold intentions to hesitation
