Hamlet

I'm entering a text version so that you might ponder the meaning of these famous lines. I think Hamlets dilema applies to the Common People of the Western World. What do you think?

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, theres the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressors wrong, the proud mans contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the laws 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? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death-
The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveler returns- puzzels the will
And 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,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied over with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.

If you're looking for a few laughs, I suggest watching this with the closed captions on. Googles speech to text translator is pretty funny.

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[premed2]

something nice

[MAXBLAYLOCK]

And you five starred too! what a great guy.

[gunsandbullhorns]

In highschool, 90% of our meaningful exposure to shakespear was in analysis of the Romeo & Juliet "Balcony Scene". What a waste.

Hamlet would have been a much better choice, IMO. God forbid kids might flex their introspection muscle a little bit in mulling over the Hamlet soliloquy.

[MAXBLAYLOCK]

Hamlet does seem to be a little more relevent. The Tempest is pretty good too.

[SENTIENTMIND]

this is very well done mate, words that stand the test of time, will live forever in the hearts of us all.

[MAXBLAYLOCK]

Thanks.

[imsass60]

This reminds me of something...oh yea,. the other ten thousand versions of this on youtube.

[bigmarclicata]

This is pretty good. I'd go for taking arms against the sea of troubles. You can only suffer so much before you have to do something about it.

[oicub2]

One can Not see the whole picture if One only has 2 eyes. as it is unity that is undivided ..

So peaceful warrior, take up your arms & defeat the emperor's illusion .

4 it is the emperor, who is the one that has no clothes ..

[MAXBLAYLOCK]

So, do we suffer the slings and arrows or take arms against a sea of troubles?