1. I think hamlet is stating his thoughts on committing suicide. he is staying that if people knew what they were going to go through in the afterlife, their lives would be totally different. I feel this in the line of "but that dread of something after death" I believe that he is going crazy and thinking this because of Ophelia which draws him to have these thoughts. After seeing the video once again i felt this way after i saw ophelia. When he walked to her there was a lot of emotional intensity.
2. This soliloquy is so famous because it bring up a very good debate. Hamlet talks about death because to me its stating people would kill themselves if they were sure what would happen to them in the afterlife. Everyone is uncertain about the afterlife so thats what stops people from committing suicide. For example, if i knew what was going to happen in my afterlife and i knew i was going to be 100% happy i would committ. because it would save me from some unhappiness that i might experience in life. ( no pun intended though lol!) I feel this way all in the first 3 lines "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". he questions it all in this.
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