Hamlets soliloquy

To be, or not to 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 o osing end them: to die, to slee No more! and by a slee , to say we end The "eart#a$he, and the thousand Natural sho$ks That Flesh is heir to% 'Tis a $onsummation &e'outly to be wished( To die, to slee , To slee , er$han$e to &ream! Aye, there's the rub, For in that slee of death, what dreams may $ome, When we ha'e shuffled off this mortal $oil, )ust gi'e us ause( There's the res e$t That makes *alamity of so long life: For who would bear the Whi s and S$orns of time, The O ressor's wrong, the proud man's *ontumely, The angs of despised +o'e, the +aw,s delay, The insolen$e of Offi$e, and the S urns That atient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his -uietus make With a bare .odkin% Who would Fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, .ut that the dread of something after death, The undis$o'ered *ountry, from whose bourn No Tra'eller returns, /u00les the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we ha'e, Than fly to others that we know not of( Thus *ons$ien$e does make *owards of us all, And thus the Nati'e hue of 1esolution 2s si$klied o'er, with the ale $ast of Thought, And enter rises of great pitch and moment, With this regard their *urrents turn awry, And lose the name of A$tion

Ser o no ser, esa es la $uesti3n: si es m4s noble ara el alma so ortar las fle$has y edradas de la 4s era Fortuna o armarse $ontra un mar de ad'ersidades y darles fin en el en$uentro( )orir: dormir, nada m4s( 5 si durmiendo terminaran las angustias y los mil ataques naturales heren$ia de la $arne, ser6a una $on$lusi3n seriamente deseable( )orir, dormir: dormir, tal 'e0 so7ar( S6, ese es el estorbo! ues qu8 odr6amos so7ar en nuestro sue7o eterno ya libres del agobio terrenal, es una $onsidera$i3n que frena el 9ui$io y da tan larga 'ida a la desgra$ia( /ues, :qui8n so ortar6a los a0otes e in9urias de este mundo, el desm4n del tirano, la afrenta del soberbio, las enas del amor menos re$iado, la tardan0a de la ley, la arrogan$ia del $argo, los insultos que sufre la a$ien$ia, udiendo $errar $uentas uno mismo $on un sim le u7al% :-ui8n lle'a esas $argas, gimiendo y sudando ba9o el eso de esta 'ida, si no es orque el temor al m4s all4, la tierra ine; lorada de $uyas fronteras ning<n 'ia9ero 'uel'e, detiene los sentidos y nos ha$e so ortar los males que tenemos antes que huir ha$ia otros que ignoramos% +a $on$ien$ia nos 'uel'e unos $obardes, el $olor natural de nuestro 4nimo se mustia $on el 4lido mati0 del ensamiento, y em resas de gran eso y entidad or tal moti'o se des'6an de su $urso y ya no son a$$i3n(

Exercise 1 Match the explanation with the extracts: A But what is there after death? This is a difficult question and maybe there are more problems afterwards! So we prefer to tolerate the problems we have now. B Who wants to fight against so many problems? We could find peace by killing ourselves. C This is one great way of avoiding these problems then we can sleep.

D !s it better to tolerate problems and difficulties" or to fight them? E But there is another problem# if we die" we sleep" and if we sleep" we might dream. But what kind of dreams would we have? 1. The dread of something after death" The undiscover$d country from whose bourn %o traveller returns" pu&&les the will 'nd makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all 2. (or who would bear the whips and scorns of time" The oppressor$s wrong" the proud man$s contumely" The pangs of despised love" the law$s delay" The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes" When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? . Whether $tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" )r to take arms against a sea of troubles" 'nd by opposing end them? !. To die# to sleep* %o more* and by a sleep to say we end The heart+ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to" $tis a consummation ,evoutly to be wish$d. ". To die" to sleep* To sleep# perchance to dream# ay" there$s the rub* (or in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil" -ust give us pause

Exercise 2 .amlet talks about various things that make life difficult. (or e/ample" he mentions 0the oppressor1s wrong1. 2an you give a modern e/ample of this? 2an you match these to the following e/amples with .amlet1s descriptions? ' + 3our arrogant friend never treats you with respect B + 3ou feel old 2 + The flowers you send to someone you like are returned , + 3our legal case takes years to be decided 4 + 3ou are always nice to someone who treats you badly ( + 3our boss is rude to you all the time 1. #he whips an$ scorns o% time 2. #he prou$ man&s contumely . #he pan's o% $espise$ lo(e !. #he law&s $elay ". #he insolence o% o%%ice ). #he spurns that patient merit o% the unworthy ta*es .ave you e/perienced any of these problems? 2an you add some more e/amples? Exercise ! 2an you remember a time when you had to do something but couldn1t? What stopped you? Why does .amlet hesitate so much? Why can1t he act? Exercise " We are going to write some advice for .amlet. 5ook at the questions below. What would you say to him? 3ou can use You should, if I were you !s it better to 0to su%%er #he slin's an$ arrows o% outra'eous %ortune+ ,r to ta*e arms a'ainst a sea o% trou-les+ An$ -y opposin' en$ them. !s it better to 0quietus ma*e /ith a -are -o$*in. than to 0-ear the whips an$ scorns o% time. !s it right to feel 0#he $rea$ o% somethin' a%ter $eath.

,o you think .amlet gets over this crisis? What does he do ne/t?

Exercise ) .ere is a summary of how the story ends. 2an you complete it with the names of the characters? Hamlet Clau$ius" 6who murdered .amlet1s father7 1ertru$e" 6.amlet1s mother and 2laudius1 new wife7 2aertes" 6The brother of the girl .amlet was going to marry" who drowned. .e is also the son of a man killed by .amlet7 'n e/ample# 8. .amlet kills several other people9 8. :::::::::: kills several other people but not ::::::::::" the man who killed his father. ;. !n turn" :::::::::: tries to kill him several times but he is not successful <. :::::::::: tries to kill :::::::::: one last time by arranging a sword duel between him and ::::::::::. =. There is a trap for :::::::::: # the tip of ::::::::::$ sword is poisoned. >. :::::::::: also poisons the victory cup in case :::::::::: wins. ?. The poisoned drink is offered to :::::::::: but he turns it down" and instead :::::::::: drinks it. @. ::::::::::" losing to ::::::::::" scratches him with the poisoned sword to ensure his death. A. :::::::::: then changes swords with :::::::::::" and cuts and poisons him. B. ::::::::::1s mother dies" screaming that she has been poisoned. 8C. 's :::::::::: gets weaker" he stabs ::::::::::" who dies" and so finally has his revenge. 's he dies" his last words are 0The rest is silence1.