Hamlet talks about various things that make people's life miserable forcing them to feel depressed and end their lives.

Hamlet puts forth his thesis statement at the beginning.

‘To be or not to be’ [to continue to exist or not]

i) How does he elaborate his proposition in lines 3-6?

ii) Which lines bring out Hamlet's pessimism?

iii) What dream does Hamlet refer to in lines 10 and 11?

Match Hamlet’s words with the given situations.

Answer the following questions briefly.

Bring out, in your words, the central idea of Hamlet's soliloquy.

Review the opening line of the poem and critically analyze the reason for the speaker's words.