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CDean - Pros Cons To Be Or Not To Be
by CDean - (2009-12-14)
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TO BE

NOT TO BE

Pros

Cons

Pros

Cons

"to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them" = to face the troubles of life in order to solve them ð use of the code of war

"to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" = to face the troubles of life ð use of the code of war

"to die: to sleep ... that flesh is heir to" = to rest, not to suffer, to forget the troubles of life, to have a pause ð rest

(body = Renaissance aspect)

"to sleep: perchance to dream ... of so long life" = the human being comes across unknown dreams (good dreams or nightmares) ð fear

 

"For who would ... under a weary life" = to bear all the troubles and suffering of life ð to underline all the difficulties and negative things of life

 

"But that the dread ... not of?" = to bear those ills because the human being is afraid of something unknown after death ð the use of the code of travel