“To Be or Not to Be”: Was That the Question? On My Book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia
This article presents my interpretation of Shakespeare’s monologue “To be or not to be” in the framework of my book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia (2017). It develops my thesis that “to be or not to be” proves not to be the real question for Hamlet, since he immediatel...
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| description | This article presents my interpretation of Shakespeare’s monologue “To be or not to be” in the framework of my book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia (2017). It develops my thesis that “to be or not to be” proves not to be the real question for Hamlet, since he immediately abandons this metaphysical contraposition and proceeds to formulate in moving verses his real problem: the tragic misery of human life and of his own life, and the anguish and uncertainty of what comes beyond it if one takes one’s own life. The difference between sleep and death is that, after the latter, consciousness will lack a body, and nobody can imagine what dreams could look like without it. But the whole monologue is an argument against trying to solve real life problems through rising to the utmost abstractions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc11f00b00794ab5a5f6da86eecb599a2024-01-29T08:49:34ZengSciendoAmerican, British and Canadian Studies Journal1841-964X2023-12-0141193310.2478/abcsj-2023-0017“To Be or Not to Be”: Was That the Question? On My Book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historiaAgud Ana01University of Salamanca, SpainThis article presents my interpretation of Shakespeare’s monologue “To be or not to be” in the framework of my book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia (2017). It develops my thesis that “to be or not to be” proves not to be the real question for Hamlet, since he immediately abandons this metaphysical contraposition and proceeds to formulate in moving verses his real problem: the tragic misery of human life and of his own life, and the anguish and uncertainty of what comes beyond it if one takes one’s own life. The difference between sleep and death is that, after the latter, consciousness will lack a body, and nobody can imagine what dreams could look like without it. But the whole monologue is an argument against trying to solve real life problems through rising to the utmost abstractions.https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2023-0017being and non-beingabstraction as domination ofand escape fromrealityprose and poetryepistemology and philologycritical philology and philosophytranslation |
| spellingShingle | Agud Ana “To Be or Not to Be”: Was That the Question? On My Book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia American, British and Canadian Studies Journal being and non-being abstraction as domination of and escape from reality prose and poetry epistemology and philology critical philology and philosophy translation |
| title | “To Be or Not to Be”: Was That the Question? On My Book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia |
| title_full | “To Be or Not to Be”: Was That the Question? On My Book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia |
| title_fullStr | “To Be or Not to Be”: Was That the Question? On My Book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia |
| title_full_unstemmed | “To Be or Not to Be”: Was That the Question? On My Book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia |
| title_short | “To Be or Not to Be”: Was That the Question? On My Book Los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia |
| title_sort | to be or not to be was that the question on my book los poemas del ser y el no ser y sus lenguajes en la historia |
| topic | being and non-being abstraction as domination of and escape from reality prose and poetry epistemology and philology critical philology and philosophy translation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2023-0017 |
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