An Act Three, Scene One of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet delivers the iconic "To be or not to be" soliloquy. In this passage, he ponders whether he should continue to live when life is merely a matter of great suffering. Hamlet suggests that the only thing that is stopping us from shuffling off the mortal coil is a fear of the unknown and of what lays in wait for us in the afterlife, suggesting that...
An Act Three, Scene One of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet delivers the iconic "To be or not to be" soliloquy. In this passage, he ponders whether he should continue to live when life is merely a matter of great suffering. Hamlet suggests that the only thing that is stopping us from shuffling off the mortal coil is a fear of the unknown and of what lays in wait for us in the afterlife, suggesting that it is preferable to "bear those ills we have" rather than "fly to others that we know not of." The resolution that Hamlet ends up making in this scene is to live rather than commit suicide.
Hamlet also makes a decision around his relationship with Ophelia when she comes to him in the midst of his thoughts. Hamlet firmly rejects her, telling her to "get thee to a nunnery."
Having spied on Hamlet and watched his erratic behavior, Claudius ends the scene by stating, "Madness in great ones must not go unwatch'd."
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