Full Anthology - London
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Extract from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' – To be, or not to be
To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to: ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. 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: For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th’unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover’d 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? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And 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.
Question 1
Identify two contrasting themes presented in this extract from 'Hamlet'.
Question 2
Identify one example of a rhetorical device used in this extract and explain its effect.
Question 3
Which literary device is primarily used in the phrase 'To sleep, perchance to dream'?
Question 4
Analyze the significance of Hamlet’s hesitation in the soliloquy. Why does he consider death to be a 'dreadful' choice?
Question 5
Discuss how Shakespeare presents Hamlet’s inner conflict through language and imagery in this extract.
Question 6
Imagine you are Hamlet contemplating his decision. Write a monologue (approx. 15 lines) expressing his thoughts and feelings about life, death, and action.
Question 7
How does Shakespeare use language to evoke Hamlet’s mood of doubt and despair?
Question 8
Summarise the main moral or philosophical message conveyed through Hamlet’s soliloquy.
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