Hamlet´s Soliloquies: Emphasis on ´to be or not to be´

By Dana Jahn

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Vechta, language: English, abstract: William Shakespeare s Hamlet is of great cultural significance. It was published around 1600/1601, marking the transition from the 16th to the 17th century. It reflects upon spiritual and cultural conflicts of the Elizabethan period more intensively than any other literary work. It includes a variety of philosophical, theological, political, literary and general references. With Hamlet, a new form of interiority is born, "the sense of being inside a character s psyche and following it s twists and turns." This interiority is predominantly shown to the audience by the use of soliloquies. Shakespeare s lifework includes a great variety of soliloquies. Hamlet is commonly associated with one phrase: to be or not to be . In this work, I am going to give an overview of Hamlet s soliloquies, concentrating on to be or not to be . Before that, I am going to briefly explain the difference between soliloquy and monologue.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3640575776
• ISBN13: 9783640575770
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 20 Pages
• Weight: 0.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"