What was the dilemma of Hamlet?

The main dilemma that Hamlet faces if of deciding what to do. His father, the king, is dead. His mother is remarried to his father’s brother. A specter that appears to be his father’s ghost has told him that this same brother, Hamlet’s uncle Claudius, is the one who killed him.

What does Hamlet say about love?

Hamlet responds by saying: “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum” (V.i.285-87). Hamlet has no reason to defend his love for Ophelia now that she is dead, but he still does.

What does Hamlet’s first line reveal about his character?

It shows that he is an unhappy person. But, when combined with his next lines, it also shows that he is not decisive. These first words show he does not like Claudius, but he does not act that way towards the king. Instead, he denies that he is unhappy and does not let Claudius know what he is thinking.

What is Hamlet To be or not to be about?

The soliloquy is essentially all about life and death: “To be or not to be” means “To live or not to live” (or “To live or to die”). Hamlet discusses how painful and miserable human life is, and how death (specifically suicide) would be preferable, would it not be for the fearful uncertainty of what comes after death.

How is Hamlet a procrastinator?

Even though Hamlet believes in the vengeance of his father’s death by executing Claudius, he is afraid that the void that would be left would inevitably lead to a mutual closeness between him and his mother. The fear of such an occurrence leads Hamlet to procrastinate the death of Claudius through self deception.

What lines are Hamlet’s To be or not to be soliloquy?

The ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy is 33 lines long and consists of 262 words.

Why is Hamlet’s first soliloquy important?

Hamlet’s passionate first soliloquy provides a striking contrast to the controlled and artificial dialogue that he must exchange with Claudius and his court. The primary function of the soliloquy is to reveal to the audience Hamlet’s profound melancholia and the reasons for his despair.

What was the moral dilemma of Hamlet’s soliloquy?

Hamlet’s soul is weighed down by the moral dilemma of choosing between living and dying. He oscillates between being reckless and cautious with his conscience, the afterlife, and religion, to rationalize the thoughts in his mind in this epic soliloquy.

Why does hamlet use sleep at the end of the line?

The line is basically a qualifier of Hamlet’s usage of “sleep” in the line before. Scansion here reveals a possible anapest at the end of the line (if one doesn’t treat the next-to-last word as “nat’ral”). This line serves as poetic elaboration of the “sea of troubles” to which Hamlet refers earlier.

How is hamlet depressed by the death of his father?

Hamlet is suicidally depressed by his father’s death and mother’s remarriage. He is disillusioned with life, love and women. Whether ‘sullied’ (Q2) or ‘solid’ (F) flesh, the reference is to man’s fallen state.

What does the line thousand mean in Hamlet?

This line serves as poetic elaboration of the “sea of troubles” to which Hamlet refers earlier. Heart-ache is easily enough understood as anguish or sorrow, while thousand signifies “numerous” in this context, and natural shocks translates loosely to “normal conflicts.”