Hamlet Essay

   The quote "To be or not to be" in the middle of Young Hamlet's soliloquoy in the play Hamlet has a very strong meaning. It questions many of the thousands of things that are constantly floating around in Hamlet's mind. This excerpt immediately allows you to identify and connect the theme of the whole play: madness. Hamlet puts on an act to make people think he's crazy and manipulates them into admitting the things they've done. This soliloquoy, in my opinion, is a epitome of the entire play and its understanding. 

   Throughout the "To be or not to be" Hamlet is questioning the meaning to life. With constantly asking questions like; Who are we? Who am i? What makes me noble? In this speech, he lists all of the stuff we have to deal with when being present. The whole big question is whether he should live or not live. By presenting questions like these, Shakespeare allows the audience to connect to the story and even get a better understanding of the entire story because Shakespeare is describing us, even 600 years later. Shakespeare simply  presents to us that times have changed and people haven't. 

  Contemplating whether he should take it or fight it, Hamlet suffers with his innerself. Does he do the noble thing for his father and kill Claudius, or does he just leave the situation completely and kill himself? He knows that once the deed is done that there's no going back. He also knows that we watch people do bad things and get rewarded while people are doing good things and bad things happen to them. None of this makes sense to Hamlet at all. He's at a hiatus and with all this pressure, he's not even sure if he can live anymore. The whole thought process of contemplating something that is morally justifiable makes him feel like a coward. A lot of us feel like this in many situations in life as well. Being able to relate to the story gives it a bold meaning and helps the reader's understanding. 

   The "To be or not be" soliloquoy is a major event in the play Hamlet and sets off a bold meaning for the rest of the story. All of Hamlet's thoughts allow us to connect to the characters and by Shakespeare doing that, it helps us better understand the play.