1. To be, or not to be: So, what’s the question?
Shakespeare’s hamlet
To be, or not to be:
So, what’s the question?
As present in Ibu Widdy’s EAP 1 class

2. “singing and dancing space”
“seeing place”
“singing and dancing space”
“libations/offering”
“tent”

3. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Wrote Hamlet between
Wrote over 30 plays, sonnets, and invented words
Hamlet is a tragedy: drama based on human suffering that invokes relief (“catharsis”)

4. Who was Hamlet? Amleth Hamlet

5. Dramatis Personae (“Characters”) Scene: Kingdom of Denmark
Claudius, King of Denmark
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark
Polonius, Lord Chamberlain
Laertes and Ophelia, Polonius’ children
Horatio, Hamlet’s friend

6. Hamlet & Shakespeare (Act 3, Scene 4)

7. Questions:
What is the central action in this scene? Can you identify what is at stake in this scene? What is language like in Shakespeare? (Tone, vocabulary) What is your life philosophy?

8. Sampoerna University Writing Center
Main Library
Web: