The following passage from Hamlet is an example of which dramatic element?

To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;

No more; and by a sleep to say we end

The heartache and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;

To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub ...

personification

dialogue

stage directions

soliloquy

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Blake Bradford

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15 March, 17:17

The following passage from Hamlet is an example of which dramatic element?

To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;

No more; and by a sleep to say we end

The heartache and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;

To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub ...

personification

dialogue

stage directions

soliloquy

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Denisse Horn · Answer 1

soliloquy is the answer. Hamlet is taking to himself ...

the definition is: an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.