Textuality » 4A Interacting
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 → use of the code of war | "to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" = to face the troubles of life → 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 → rest (body = Renaissance aspect) | "to sleep: perchance to dream ... of so long life" = the human being comes across unknown dreams (good dreams or nightmares) → fear |
| "For who would ... under a weary life" = to bear all the troubles and suffering of life → 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 → the use of the code of travel |