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Hamlet: I am chiefly concerned with the question of killing myself or not killing myself. EDIT. Oops, 2nd try: A concern has arisen in my consciousness regar
by mynameishere 18y ago
Hamlet:
I am chiefly concerned with the question of killing myself or not killing myself.
EDIT. Oops, 2nd try:
A concern has arisen in my consciousness regarding the question of killing myself or not killing myself.
...I'm trying to keep all the same implications that WS put into the phrase, to hell with scansion.
- nostrademons 18y agoNuh uh, you used "I am." Try: "I might or might not want to kill myself." (The indecisive emo teenager version.) "Death and existence vex me." (The pompous philosopher version.) "Life sucks / then you die / so fuck the world / and let's get high." (The goth poetry version.) "OMGWTFBBQLOL." (The hyperactive netspeak version.) "?" (The concise punctuation version.)
- sdurkin 18y agoTo exist, or not to exist? That question occupies my thoughts.
- whatusername 18y agoExistance, or oblivion? I ponder this.
- astine 18y agoShakespeare's use of 'esse' in Hamlet is different from it's the use that is criticized by E-Prime I believe. It's worth noting that the Scholastics, influenced by Aristotle, enumerated and distinguished the different meanings of 'esse.' E-Prime seams to be more concerned with identity, Hamlet is concerned with existence.