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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.
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?
What does this part of the soliloquy reveal about Hamlet?
He still loves Ophelia.
He believes the ghost was real.
He is planning his revenge.
He is contemplating suicide.
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He is contemplating suicide.
The lines literally pose “to be, or not to be” — to live or not to live — and weigh suffering versus ending it. The metaphors (“slings and arrows,” “take arms against a sea of troubles”) frame the choice between enduring pain or ending one’s life, not declarations of love, proof of the ghost, or an active revenge plan.
The lines literally pose “to be, or not to be” — to live or not to live — and weigh suffering versus ending it. The metaphors (“slings and arrows,” “take arms against a sea of troubles”) frame the choice between enduring pain or ending one’s life, not declarations of love, proof of the ghost, or an active revenge plan.
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