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Meanwhile, Polonius, advisor to the king, believes Hamlet's condition stems from his separation from Ophelia, Polonius' daughter, whom Polonius has forbidden to see Hamlet. But what makes this speech so renowned To be. Hamlet begins to feign madness until he is able to devise a plan of revenge. Even if you have never seen a Shakespeare play, you will know this famous Hamlet quote: To be, or not to be. This meeting with the ghost confirms Hamlet's suspicion that Claudius killed his father. Hamlet is told that his father was poisoned and that Hamlet must now seek out revenge for his father. Later on, Hamlet runs into his father's ghost. These responses tell of Hamlet's character. / Analysis of Soliloquy ‘To Be or Not To Be’ in Hamlet Hamlet’s soul is weighed down by the moral dilemma of choosing between living and dying. He also shows his sensitive side when he talks about wanting to die, and intelligence with his plays on words when speaking with the king and queen. To be, or not to be that is the question Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous. Hamlet shows that he cares about his father very much by refusing to put on a show of cheer - his father is dead. Hamlet greatly disapproves of his mother and uncle's positive attitudes towards his beloved father's death. He wonders what use there is in living when all he sees is total madness all around him. In his first soliloquy, he ponders suicide. All of this puts Hamlet in an emotional state of mind. Hamlet is also extremely upset that his mother, soon after his father's death, has run off and married his uncle Claudius, who has now become king. Living is, in effect, a kind of slow death, a submission. Hamlet is distraught and grief-stricken for the death of his father, the King of Denmark. To be, in Hamlet's eyes, is a passive state, to 'suffer' outrageous fortune's blows, while not being is the action of opposing those blows. To be or not to be Spoken by the title character of Hamlet, the most famous speech in the history of. Hamlet knows that he must take revenge for his father, his response to these external conflicts and his own internal views show his true nature and character. David Tennant played Hamlet with the RSC in 2008. If one correlates these alternatives with the alternatives proposed in the opening lines of the soliloquyTo be, or not to bethen to be is related to suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in the mind, and not to be is related to taking arms against a sea of troubles. Hamlet is forced to face his knowledge that his beloved father has been murdered by his uncle, Claudius. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the character Hamlet must deal with both external and internal conflict. Individuals respond to internal and external conflict in many different ways.