Hamlet's second soliloquy is a monologue spoken by the titular character in Act 2, Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet." In this soliloquy, Hamlet grapples with his own inner turmoil and indecision as he contemplates whether or not to kill his uncle, Claudius.
The soliloquy begins with Hamlet asking himself, "To be, or not to be?" This is one of the most famous lines in all of literature, and it captures the essence of Hamlet's dilemma. On the one hand, he wants to avenge his father's death by killing Claudius. On the other hand, he is hesitant to take this course of action because it would mean ending his own life.
Throughout the soliloquy, Hamlet grapples with the moral implications of killing Claudius. He wonders whether it is better to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end them. In other words, he wonders whether it is better to endure the hardships of life or to actively seek to end them through violence.
Despite his inner turmoil, Hamlet ultimately decides to take action. He concludes the soliloquy by stating that he will "put an antic disposition on" and pretend to be mad in order to throw Claudius off guard and gain the upper hand. This decision sets the stage for the rest of the play, as Hamlet's plan to kill Claudius becomes the driving force behind the action.
In conclusion, Hamlet's second soliloquy is a powerful examination of the human condition and the moral dilemmas that we all face. It is a testament to the enduring appeal of Shakespeare's work and the universal themes that it explores.
Hamlet: Entire Play
Enter KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, HAMLET, POLONIUS, LAERTES, VOLTIMAND, CORNELIUS, Lords, and Attendants KING CLAUDIUS CORNELIUS VOLTIMAND KING CLAUDIUS Exeunt VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LORD POLONIUS KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS Exeunt all but HAMLET HAMLET Enter HORATIO, MARCELLUS, and BERNARDO HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET MARCELLUS HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET MARCELLUS HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET MARCELLUS BERNARDO HAMLET MARCELLUS BERNARDO HAMLET MARCELLUS BERNARDO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO MARCELLUS BERNARDO HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET All HAMLET Exeunt all but HAMLET Exit SCENE III. The film is two minutes in length. Time Out thought that the "… wonder is that they bothered to put film in the camera, for sadly this is Shakespeare sans teeth, eyes, taste, sans everything. Hamlet: Entire Play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ACT I SCENE I. Enter GHOST and HAMLET HAMLET Ghost HAMLET Ghost HAMLET Ghost HAMLET Ghost HAMLET Ghost HAMLET Ghost HAMLET Ghost HAMLET Ghost HAMLET Ghost Exit HAMLET Writing MARCELLUS HORATIO MARCELLUS HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET Enter HORATIO and MARCELLUS MARCELLUS HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO MARCELLUS HAMLET HORATIO MARCELLUS HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET HORATIO MARCELLUS HAMLET HORATIO MARCELLUS HAMLET MARCELLUS HAMLET Ghost HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET Ghost HAMLET Ghost HAMLET HORATIO HAMLET Ghost HAMLET They swear Exeunt ACT II SCENE I. Characteristicks; it was imposed on the Augustan debate by The influence of Shaftesbury, and in particular The Moralists, on The Moralists in the "Or that bright Image to our Fancy draw, Which Theocles in raptur'd vision saw, While thro' Poetic scenes the Genius roves, Or wanders wild in Academic Groves".
Enter QUEEN GERTRUDE and POLONIUS LORD POLONIUS HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE POLONIUS hides behind the arras Enter HAMLET HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE LORD POLONIUS HAMLET Makes a pass through the arras LORD POLONIUS Falls and dies QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET Lifts up the array and discovers POLONIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET Enter Ghost QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET Ghost HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET Exit Ghost QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET Pointing to POLONIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET QUEEN GERTRUDE HAMLET Exeunt severally; HAMLET dragging in POLONIUS ACT IV SCENE I. In 1769 a French translation of the whole of Shaftesbury's works, including the Letters, was published at Geneva. Volume I The opening piece is A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, advocating Sensus Communis: An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour, first published in 1709. A room in the castle. Voitle, The third Earl of Shaftesbury, 1671—1713, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c. However, the location shooting received a lukewarm response from both critics and the BBC's own people, with the general consensus being that the natural world in the episode overwhelmed the actors and the story.
An Inquiry Concerning Virtue, Or Merit. Published by: American Philosophical Society. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. From Locke's circle in England, Shaftesbury knew Original Letters of Locke, Sidney and Shaftesbury, published by Shaftesbury was a patron of Michael Ainsworth, a young Dorset man of Letters to a Young Man at the University 1716 were addressed to Ainsworth. He went on to praise him in Adrastea. This version of a On man as a social creature, Shaftesbury argued that the egoist and the extreme This move relied on a close parallel between moral and aesthetic criteria. Thousand Oaks, CA: 978-1412965804.
Director Basil Coleman initially felt that the play should be filmed over the course of a year, with the change in seasons from winter to summer marking the ideological change in the characters, but he was forced to shoot entirely in May, even though the play begins in winter. He collected a number of those and other works in Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times first edition 1711, anonymous, 3 vols. Wipf and Stock Publishers. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. A room in the castle. Enter KING CLAUDIUS, attended KING CLAUDIUS Enter ROSENCRANTZ ROSENCRANTZ KING CLAUDIUS ROSENCRANTZ KING CLAUDIUS ROSENCRANTZ Enter HAMLET and GUILDENSTERN KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS To some Attendants HAMLET Exeunt Attendants KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET KING CLAUDIUS HAMLET Exit KING CLAUDIUS Exeunt ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN Exit SCENE IV. Jonathan Edwards's Vision of Reality: The Relationship of God to the World, Redemption History, and the Reprobate.
Another room in the castle. Hamlet was also the last major dramatic motion picture to be filmed entirely on Hamlet was highly acclaimed by the majority of critics and has been regarded as one of the best Shakespeare film adaptations ever made. The film received mostly negative reviews. Historical Dictionary of the Enlightenment. Translations of separate treatises into German began to be made in 1738, and in 1776—1779 there appeared a complete German translation of the Characteristicks.
A platform before the castle. Another room in the castle. Herder's Hermeneutics: History, Poetry, Enlightenment. Enter KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, and Attendants KING CLAUDIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE ROSENCRANTZ GUILDENSTERN KING CLAUDIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE GUILDENSTERN QUEEN GERTRUDE Exeunt ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, and some Attendants Enter POLONIUS LORD POLONIUS KING CLAUDIUS LORD POLONIUS KING CLAUDIUS LORD POLONIUS KING CLAUDIUS Exit POLONIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE KING CLAUDIUS Re-enter POLONIUS, with VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS VOLTIMAND Giving a paper KING CLAUDIUS Exeunt VOLTIMAND and CORNELIUS LORD POLONIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE LORD POLONIUS Reads Reads QUEEN GERTRUDE LORD POLONIUS Reads KING CLAUDIUS LORD POLONIUS KING CLAUDIUS LORD POLONIUS KING CLAUDIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE LORD POLONIUS KING CLAUDIUS LORD POLONIUS KING CLAUDIUS LORD POLONIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE LORD POLONIUS KING CLAUDIUS QUEEN GERTRUDE LORD POLONIUS Exeunt KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, and Attendants Enter HAMLET, reading HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS Aside HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET Enter ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN LORD POLONIUS ROSENCRANTZ Exit POLONIUS GUILDENSTERN ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ GUILDENSTERN HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET GUILDENSTERN HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET GUILDENSTERN HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET GUILDENSTERN HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ GUILDENSTERN HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET GUILDENSTERN HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET GUILDENSTERN HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET GUILDENSTERN HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET Flourish of trumpets within GUILDENSTERN HAMLET GUILDENSTERN HAMLET Enter POLONIUS LORD POLONIUS HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET Enter four or five Players First Player HAMLET LORD POLONIUS First Player LORD POLONIUS HAMLET First Player HAMLET LORD POLONIUS First Player LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET LORD POLONIUS HAMLET Exit POLONIUS with all the Players but the First First Player HAMLET First Player HAMLET Exit First Player ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET Exeunt ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN Exit ACT III SCENE I. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. A room in the castle.
With this treatise, Shaftesbury became the founder of The Moralists, a Philosophical Rhapsody, from 1709. The Third Earl of Shaftesbury: A Study in Eighteenth-Century Literary Theory. Enter LAERTES and OPHELIA LAERTES OPHELIA LAERTES OPHELIA LAERTES OPHELIA LAERTES Enter POLONIUS LORD POLONIUS LAERTES LORD POLONIUS LAERTES OPHELIA LAERTES Exit LORD POLONIUS OPHELIA LORD POLONIUS OPHELIA LORD POLONIUS OPHELIA LORD POLONIUS OPHELIA LORD POLONIUS OPHELIA LORD POLONIUS OPHELIA Exeunt SCENE IV. Alderman, Pope's "Essay on Man" and Shaftesbury's "The Moralists", The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Vol. A Literary History of Women's Writing in Britain, 1660—1789. Retrieved 31 December 2020. The Queen returns; finds the King dead, and makes passionate action.
Another part of the platform. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. A hall in the castle. A room of state in the castle. Ellis III, The Philosophy of Samuel Johnson, The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. Exeunt, bearing off the dead bodies; after which a peal of ordnance is shot off. A room in the castle.
The dead body is carried away. A room in Polonius' house. A room in POLONIUS' house. A Notion of the Historical Draught or Tablature of the Judgment of Hercules. She kneels, and makes show of protestation unto him. An Inquiry Concerning Virtue or Merit.
Herder in early work took from Shaftesbury arguments for respecting individuality, and against system and universal psychology. The Oxford Handbook of Eighteenth-Century Satire. Natural Law and Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment. Shaftesbury may have exaggerated its faults, but the relationship cooled. A Literary History of Women's Writing in Britain, 1660—1789. Enter KING CLAUDIUS and LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS Enter a Messenger Messenger KING CLAUDIUS Messenger KING CLAUDIUS Exit Messenger Reads LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS LAERTES KING CLAUDIUS Enter QUEEN GERTRUDE QUEEN GERTRUDE LAERTES QUEEN GERTRUDE LAERTES QUEEN GERTRUDE LAERTES Exit KING CLAUDIUS Exeunt ACT V SCENE I.
