The Meaning Of Hamlet

The Meaning of Hamlet

When I think of argumentative writing or impressive use of speech I immediately refer to the famous Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Reading the popular monologue from Hamlet- “to be, not to be—that is the question” is a tremendous way of displaying balance in a rhetorical situation. As many of you all know the first line of this monologue because those legendary words have been used in conversations today. In reality does anyone really know William’s purpose for his passage? Shakespeare’s speech in Hamlet was written about life versus death. He contemplates about his life here on earth, suicide. He continues on with his thoughts by comparing death to sleep, debating whether it’s pleasant or dreadful to live this life.

The further down the monologue he begins extending his discussion whether to last another day with difficult obstacles or to end it. William Shakespeare’s rhetorical style without this segment in Hamlet was stability. The stability shown was the continuous subject of an inner argument with himself about existence and death. In Hamlet the purpose was to show the comparing and contrasting of an idea that lasted through the monologue. This display is the best example of a rhetorical style of writing done by William Shakespeare.

For starter let us begin with one side of his memorial monologue, death. Throughout Shakespeare’s script he pinpointed several reasons why leaving these troubles or suffering is reasonable. He states for killing himself could be as easy as sleeping, resting his misfortunes away. “No more—and by a

Hamlets reflect has been switched to the views and feelings toward the opposite mentality of the spectrum. Midway between Shakespeare’s writing, Hamlet’s imagination shimmers down as the reality of it all sinks in. Not only was revenge for the passing of his father but also the unidentified outcome of death was on the horizon. Hamlet was drawing near to constructing a choice, a choice that intimated some moral qualities. For an example given in the text, “ When he himself might his quietus make, with a bare bodkin?” The word “quietus” was used to finalize his battle between two legitimate cases throughout his act scene. Quietus is unknown for all the complicated past those who “sweated” because of the hardships of living. Which is mentioned in next sentence, “Who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life.” Now Hamlet’s deliberating or examining the odds against taking a life in a simple matter. The illustration that was meant to expose was the frustration Hamlet develop for cowardly thoughts of killing himself might have been. Shakespeare compared his simple thoughts of suicide to the simple use of bodkin. As we all know the handle of a bodkin to knit is a smooth process but getting the thread through the bodkin can be difficult. The mind of Hamlet begins to ponder about the unknown aftermath of death. Would it be as easy