To be or not to be

To be or not to be, that is the question. This is how he starts off his soliloquy. Here, he is questioning whether he should be patient or take a courageous opposition towards his uncle. This has been bothering Hamlet for weeks. The death that he discusses in his soliloquy is not simply just about him suiciding. It is more about solving what death actually means.

He defines death as an "undiscover'd country". He claims that death could be a start of a new life. It is more like the unknown because we will never know what is waiting for us when we are dead. The only way to find out would be dying. We humans would never know what would be beyond after death. It will always remain as a mystery. After death follows peace; according to Hamlet. Getting rid of troubles, conflicts in life, and no heart aches. To be free from the burden that one carries while living a real life. He also mentions how he decides die but he is afraid that something worse could be waiting on the other end. In the end it leaves us without any solution or definition of living and dying.

In the scene, the uncle and polonius are hiding behind the mirror that Hamlet was standing in front of when making his speech. I think that Hamlet knew that they were behind the mirror watching him. There were plenty of other places that he could have stood. Also how he talked about to be or not to be could have been the start in order to confuse them from what he was talking about. At the end of the soliloquy, he decides that he will not die because when he wants to suicide and start thinking why; it is hard to make the decision that easily. So, he claims that he wont die. This soliloquy gets the readers think about why he would say this. What his intensions were and how the story would end. The book Hamlet discusses subjects that are commonly discussed in the world. It is deeply related to the life that everyone is living. It creates a huge relation to the reality lifestyles that everyone is going through.