... not to be," " (3.1.57) is not only a question of suicide, but also a question of the afterlife, or "the undiscover'd country from whose bourn no traveler returns"" (3.1.80-81). Hamlet also views death as a way of escaping the perfidious tribulations in Denmark, "a consummation devoutly to be wish'd"" (3.1.64-65). However, the nescience of what comes after death, "puzzles the will, and makes ... agony and desolation. He debates, "whether ˜tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them " (3.1...

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... 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-(III:i). Hamlet's solution is that the nobler choice would be to take up arms against his troubles, and by doing so he risks immanent death. This choice is ... tell him his mother wishes to speak to him. They begin to probe Hamlet with questions, asking about the reason for his madness. Here Hamlet is thinking rationally because he views their attempt to "play upon him- or question him, yet in the same instanc...

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... little to comment upon, as their expectations of women were greatly different than that of a modern day audience. Today we feel less sympathetic towards her because of relatively recent feminist views we have been introduced to, like female independence. In this respect, we can understand Hamlet's increased thirst for revenge against Claudius, because of his marriage to Gertrude, through our educated ... 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."" III...

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