This is the question:/Whether it is nobler in mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or take up arms against a sea of troubles,/And , opposing , finish them? To die, to sleep - /No more - and with a sleep to say we end /The anguish and the thousand natural shocks/That flesh is heir - is a consumption/Devoutly desirable! To die, to sleep” (3,1, 57-65). This quote reflects Hamlet's internal conflict. The reason he struggles is the conflict between himself and himself. Shakespeare illustrates how Hamlet struggles to achieve his goal. Shakespeare explains Hamlet's internal conflict through this line: “the mind that suffers/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,/Or that takes arms against a sea of woe.” His conflict is compared to his “extraordinary luck” and “mind capable of suffering”. Weighs the problems of life against the unknown nature of death and the afterlife. He compares death to sleep, a sleep full of dreams. Ophelia illustrates women of the Elizabethan era following the orders of men. Ophelia is a strong-willed character who depends on men. His father, Polonius, says: “From this
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