"To be or not to be"

"To be or not to be"is a soliloquy from Hamlet by Shakespeare that allows the readers to understand Hamlet on a deeper level. The soliloquy is basically about Hamlet's internal struggle of the choice to live or not to live. He is constantly looking at the negative, which is not the way to live life (Nick's presentation was all about spreading positive energy). Hamlet sees life as a extremely painful experience and the only reason why we all haven't killed ourselves is that we are scared of what is on the "other side". In addition, he says that we also over think each action we make, so that is why we aren't able to pull the trigger.

This speech was difficult to memorize due to its descriptive language and rhythm, but the message is quite clear. Honestly, this speech sucked to memorize. I'm not going to sugar coat it and say that it was a piece of cake, but it was worth memorizing. The words gained more meaning and I began to connect them to things within in my life such as "-perchance to dream" and "-to be or not to be". They had different meanings to me like "to be or not to be" was more about success in my eyes, but I was able to see Hamlet's point of view. Now, I decided to do a video of myself reciting the speech at home because I was able to do it when my memory was fresh and in a low stress environment. It allowed me to better understand and know it, which I believe will help me connect with the rest of the play in the future. I was going to post my video to this post, but I'm having technical difficulties downloading my video to youtube. It's not letting me download it off my phone for some odd reason. I will have the video up very soon though! Overall, memorizing the soliloquy and reciting it at home was a great learning experience.