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O That This Too Solid Flesh Would Melt', Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2

Hamlet contemplates whether it is better to endure the hardships of life or to take one's own life and escape them through death. He considers how death would allow one to "end the heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to," yet wonders what dreams or states one may experience in death that could give us pause from committing suicide. The question of whether to be or not to be alive, according to Hamlet, represents the essential question of the human experience when faced with the tensions between our will and reality, such that life and death become options to consider.

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O That This Too Solid Flesh Would Melt', Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2

Hamlet contemplates whether it is better to endure the hardships of life or to take one's own life and escape them through death. He considers how death would allow one to "end the heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to," yet wonders what dreams or states one may experience in death that could give us pause from committing suicide. The question of whether to be or not to be alive, according to Hamlet, represents the essential question of the human experience when faced with the tensions between our will and reality, such that life and death become options to consider.

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‘O That This Too Solid Flesh Would Melt’,

Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2


“O, that this too too solid flesh would melt
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d
His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Fie on’t! ah fie! ’tis an unweeded garden,
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
Possess it merely. That it should come to this!
But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two:
So excellent a king; that was, to this”

Translation

O! that this too too solid flesh would melt,


[¡Oh!...¡Que esta sólida, excesivamente sólida carne, no pudiera derretirse]

Thaw and resolve itself into a dew;


[deshacerse y disolverse ella misma en rocío!...]

Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d


[!O que no hubiese fijado el Eterno]

His canon ’gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! [136]


[Su cañón contra el auto-asesinato!...¡Oh Dios! ¡Oh Dios!...]

[2] How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable


[¡Qué fastidiosas, rancias, vanas e inútiles]

Seem to me all the uses of this world.


[me parecen las prácticas todas de este mundo!]
Fie on ’t! O fie! ’tis an unweeded garden,
[¡Vergüenza de ello! ¡Ah, verguüenza! Es un jardín de malas hierbas sin escardar]

That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature [140]


[que crece para semilla; productos de naturaleza grosera y amarga]

Possess it merely. [3] That it should come to this!


[lo ocupan únicamente...¡Que se haya llegado a esto!]

But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two:


[!Sólo dos meses que murió!...¡No, no tanto; ni dos!]

So excellent a king; that was, to this,


[!Un rey tan excelente, que fue, comparado con éste...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCBVmiVkzTM

En efecto, un príncipe que quiere darse muerte, pero cuyo espíritu objetivo se lo impide; un
príncipe, en consecuencia, retorcido, que habla de la corrupción de su propia carne y del
suicidio al tiempo que invoca a Dios: O! that this is too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and
resolve itslef into a dew; or that the Everlasting had not fix’d his canon ‘gainst self-
slaughter! O God! O God!
‘To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question’
Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1

“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 opposing end them: to die, to sleep
No 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
Devoutly to be wished.
To die, to sleep, To sleep, perchance to Dream; aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
Must give us pause”

Translation

To be, or not to be, that is the question:


[Ser o no ser... He ahí el dilema.]

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer


[¿Qué es mejor para el alma]

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,


[sufrir insultos de Fortuna, golpes, dardos]

Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,


[o levantarse en armas contra el océano del mal,]
And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep
[y oponerse a él y que así cesen? Morir, dormir...]

No more; and by a sleep, to say we end


[Nada más; y decir así que con un sueño]

The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks


[damos fin a las llagas del corazón]

That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation


[y a todos los males, herencia de la carne]

Devoutly to be wished.
[y decir: ven, consumación, yo te deseo]

To die, to sleep, To sleep, perchance to Dream; aye, there's the rub,


[Morir, dormir, dormir... ¡Soñar acaso! ¡Qué difícil!]

For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,


[Pues en el sueño de la muerte ¿qué sueños sobrevendrán]

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil


[ cuando despojados de ataduras mortales ]

Must give us pause


encontremos la paz?]

“TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION”


Esta frase representa la pregunta esencial de la experiencia humana, atribulada frente a las
tensiones que se producen entre la voluntad y la realidad, de tal manera que la vida y la muerte
se convierten en opciones a considerar.

La pregunta no es solo folosófica sino ética, por eso la venganza es dilatada hasta el último
momento. En realidad, Hamlet vacila siempre entre dos pulsiones profundas: el deseo de
venganza y la necesidad de autodominio. De lo contrario, no existiría la pregunta. Lo que Hamlet
no se atreve a decidir racionalmente, lo asalta como un giro inevitable de la historia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK8am5ur7Ck

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