Hamlet
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- I
- To be, or not to be, that is the question: ...
- In this scene, Hamlet contemplates the existential question of choosing between life and death, unaware that King Claudius and Polonius are eavesdropping on his soliloquy.
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- II
- To die, to sleep, no more; and by a sleep, to say we endThe heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocksThat Flesh is heir to?
- Hamlet further explores his contemplation of suicide by explicitly stating his desire to die, unaware that both the King and Claudius are eavesdropping on his thoughts.
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- III
- aye, there's the rub,For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, ... There's the respect that makes calamity of so long life.
- Hamlet, feeling very sad and a little crazy, understands that the point of living is to keep dreaming even after death. He thinks that living a long life can bring lots of problems and hardships. There's the respect that makes calamity of so long life." are archaic for his realization of why life is lengthy and the way and full of unfortunate events.
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- IV
- That patient merit of th'unworthy takes,When he himself might his Quietus makeWith a bare Bodkin? ...
- Shortly after discussing the challenges he believes life brings and his newfound understanding of life's difficulties, Hamlet pulls out his dagger as if he has made the decision to end his life and no longer wishes to live.
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- V
- He quickly shifted his mindset and now doubts the idea of ending his life because even though life's challenges are difficult to bear, he is afraid of the uncertainties of the afterlife.
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- VI
- And enterprises of greatpitchand moment,With this regard their Currents turnawry,And lose the name of Action.
- The significance of committing suicide diminished as he mentioned in the text bubble above.His lack of motivation to do it simply meant that he no longer wanted to die; that feeling has passed.The soliloquy comes to a close.
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- But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of?
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