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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.
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.
Based on this section of the soliloquy, which best describes Hamlet’s view of death?
He is confident that things will be better after death.
He is uncertain about what will happen in the afterlife.
He believes that death is like taking a very long nap.
He believes that his soul is lost if he kills himself.
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He is uncertain about what will happen in the afterlife.
Explanation: Hamlet compares death to sleep but worries—“perchance to dream…what dreams may come”—and says that uncertainty “must give us pause,” showing his fear of the unknown rather than confidence or a simple nap-like view.
Explanation: Hamlet compares death to sleep but worries—“perchance to dream…what dreams may come”—and says that uncertainty “must give us pause,” showing his fear of the unknown rather than confidence or a simple nap-like view.
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