“to Be on Not to Be” Response to Literature

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“To Be on Not To Be” Response to Literature I. Hamlet’s internal conflict that he reveals during his, “To Be or Not To Be” soliloquy are the struggles between whether to either live or die. He explains to us all of the differences between life and death. He says that is it truly worth living when you have to deal with all of the nasty things in life. Or is it better to instead fight against all of these issues that are going on in Hamlet’s life. When he says fighting against it he means that it will be a lot easier to just put an end of his life by committing suicide. This way he won’t have to deal with all of these “heartaches” and “shocks” any longer. He realizes that its so much easier to just end his life than deal with all of his internal issues. Including, his uncle, Claudius, killing his father by poisoning him in the ear and how he is going to expose to everyone that Claudius did kill Hamlet’s father. Instead he states that “Thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.”, he shows us how his thoughts of how to expose Claudius would in a way become misdirected and will stop being actions all in all. He thinks whether or not if it would be easier to just die than to face all of his internal conflicts that he has. The only thing that stumps him about killing himself is, “To die,—to sleep;— To sleep: perchance to dream:—ay, 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: there’s the respect That makes calamity of so long life;”. In this quote he explains that if he were to go to this “undiscovered country” that it is uncertain what a dream may be like in death’s sleep. Ultimately he decides for now not to end his life since he

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