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Why Is Hamlet's First Soliloquy

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The first soliloquy that is used in this essay is “To be, or not to be, that is the question,” (Shakespeare 3.1) is one of the well-known famous scripts from the play “Hamlet.” People fail to realize the significance it has on the representation of the character Hamlet. In that soliloquy, Hamlet is opposing his fate. Hamlet is asking himself whether it is gentler, in the mind, to passively accept and suffer through all pains of life fate throws at him or is it alright to actively destroy in death these troubles that he’s going through and just ultimately end his pain. Meaning should he stay around and just take whatever life throws at him or should he just commit suicide. Hamlet is questioning whether or not it is better to live in a
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