Hamlet’s monologue, called “To be or not to be”, is divided into six parts. In the first part (1-5), Hamlet asks a question, “to be or not to be?”. With this question he wants to pose the problem: we are going to suffer because we don’t know the death and it is frightening. In the second section (6-9) Hamlet gives a choice: face the problems of life or end life and eliminate them. In part three (9-14) he says that the death is like sleep. So, if we dream when we sleep, what are we going to dream when we will be dead? He gives us an answer in part four (15-21), where he affirms that being dead is like being asleep so, why do we have to face problems if we can die? Dying is a simple solution to our troubles. In part five (21-27) Hamlet is asking himself who would put up with all the difficulties that life causes when we could stop all them with a knife. The conclusion is in part six (28-33). Here Hamlet understands that thoughts about it prevent us from acting.

So, in the first part we have the exposition of the problem. In parts 2,3,4 and 5 you can understand the evolution of Hamlet’s thought and in the last section the reader has the conclusion.