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To Be or Not To Be..........What "Goals" May Come

When Hamlet said "To sleep: perchance to dream:—ay there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come", he was referring to the pains an afterlife might bring. There was no way he could be sure whether there would be a relief from the sufferings he is in now. However he was sure that "To be, or not to be: that is the question". Now what is the purpose of bringing up probably the most famous soliloquy ever written in English literature? The reason is simple it portrays two emotions which we all go through in our lives at some stage or even throughout our lives. The first emotion is the desire to bring a change in our lives and second the indecision that follows it afterwards. So what can we learn from Hamlet's soliloquy? The answer lies in his thought process. We can learn something from his thought process and use it in our daily lives. For Hamlet it was a question of life or death. For us it may not be so severe but the effects of our decisions ...