https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08 en-us 2022-06-09 03:47:15 UTC 2025-10-29 17:05:53 UTC hello@padlet.com msperduto011_1 https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215776961 "To be or not to be, that is the question" is the most famous soliloquy of Shakespeare's works. Here, Hamlet is wondering if it is better to be alive or dead, ]]> 2022-06-09 03:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215776961 msperduto011_1 https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215779403 The lines continue in a back and forth, how life is guided by fortune and luck, that people lack the power to overcome life, and the best way to revolt against this state of powerlessness is to kill oneself. The ultimate act of defiance of life, is an action that enables one to take charge of their fate. The obstacle, however, is the fear of the beyond.]]> 2022-06-09 03:57:17 UTC https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215779403 msperduto011_1 https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215789771 "Conscience does make cowards of us all." This line covers the big theme of hamlets soliloquy, Hamlet has had chances to kill his Uncle, he believes in ghosts and the afterlife, and his fears have gripped him, so the question of whether is sin something to be afraid of is poised.  ]]> 2022-06-09 04:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215789771 msperduto011_1 https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215794560 I greatly enjoyed the way this was spoken, it captured the grief and desire of death that Hamlet indulged in.]]> 2022-06-09 04:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215794560 msperduto011_1 https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215809328 "And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought," Hamlet's speech doesn't mean that he will kill himself, Hamlet is merely asking questions concerning life, a common occurrence. I say this based on the fact that Hamlet has neither killed himself nor Claudius yet, also with the last line of the text, implying that one's resolution is ruined by thoughts/]]> 2022-06-09 04:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215809328 msperduto011_1 https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215815005 This line further shows Hamlet's dilemma, Hamlet feels that miserable people live longer lives, which I found to be ironic given how this play ends.]]> 2022-06-09 04:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/msperduto011_1/7bosmug9e9urtl08/wish/2215815005