1. College Literature
Block 3A: Notes

2. Soliloquy:
* Internal and intellectual debate.
* Hamlet asks metaphysical (spiritual, philosophical, abstract) questions
* Questions the afterlife and the order of nature
* Thinks hard on religious and philosophical questions thereby showing his intellectual range.

3. What is Hamlet’s metaphysical question to
‘To be or not to be’ what?
How does this soliloquy connect to our essential question?
How does Shakespeare utilize language to craft the metaphysical question?

4. What is Hamlet’s metaphysical question to
‘To be or not to be’ what?

5. How does Shakespeare utilize language to craft the metaphysical question?

6. How does this soliloquy connect to our essential question?

7. College Literature
Block 4a Notes

8. Soliloquy:
* Internal and intellectual debate.
* Hamlet asks metaphysical (spiritual, philosophical, abstract) questions
* Questions the afterlife and the order of nature
* Thinks hard on religious and philosophical questions thereby showing his intellectual range.

9. What is Hamlet’s metaphysical question to
‘To be or not to be’ what?
How does this soliloquy connect to our essential question?
How does Shakespeare utilize language to craft the metaphysical question?

10. What is Hamlet’s metaphysical question to
‘To be or not to be’ what?

11. How does Shakespeare utilize language to craft the metaphysical question?

12. How does this soliloquy connect to our essential question?