What Are The Three Messages In Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1

Observations of Hamlet Act 3, Scene 1

An Analysis of the Three Messages from Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1 Everybody goes through tough times at least several times in their lives. Often times, with these hard times, tough decisions sometimes have to be made. Unfortunately, when some people encounter these very tough decisions, some people simply cannot make a decision and decided to end their lives. Sometimes, facing an issue head on is too difficult for some people to do, which may cause people to either ignore the issue or commit suicide. This is true for Hamlet, who is faced with a difficult decision in the play Hamlet. In act 3, scene 1, Hamlet is faced with the issue of whether or not if he should act in avenging his late father, King Hamlet,

In that soliloquy, Hamlet makes the observation that there are two types of people in this world. There are people who do what they say they’re going to do, and other people who put off things that they say they were going to do, “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, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them,” page 144, lines 63-67. Hamlet is indeed correct, there are two types of people who are like that. For example, a high school boy wants to ask his crush out on a date. He tells his friends that he is going to ask her on this certain day. When that certain day arrives, he asks the girl out on a date. This would be an example of a person of action. On the other end, if the boy said that he was going to ask the girl out on a date on this day, and that day came, he didn’t ask her and said he’ll do it some other time. Then, when that other day came, he doesn’t ask her again, and says that he’ll ask her on another day, and the process repeats itself. This would be an example of someone of passivity. Hamlet throughout the play, up to this point, has been very passive in his actions. Hamlet continues to say that he’s going to do this and that, but never actually does anything. Hamlet, in this soliloquy, questions himself if he is essentially man enough to do what has to be done. From this point on in the story, Hamlet shifts from being passive in his thinking, to doing the stuff he says he’s going to do. However, it is worth noting that as soon as Hamlet starts to take action, bad things come from his actions. Such as ugly confrontations with his mother Gertrude, as well as his girl Ophelia. Also, Hamlet later kills Polonius accidentally. It could be quite possible that Shakespeare is trying to