Value of Learning/Value of Life

Kapule did the first part of the activities for Hamlet, I'm finishing it off.

Activity 8
 For when that death sleep comes, what dreams may come true
Must make us stop and think, what make us of what makes are troubles last so long
Activity 11
The big issue for him isn't that whether or not he should kill his uncle. It is whether he wants to become the person who kills his uncle. In a way he is very uncomfortable in the situation he is in which isn't his fault but he realizes he must rise to the occasion. And his claim or argument he states has to deal with him being okay with the aftermath and how not only himself but others can deal with their problems they deal with. For me I agree with Hamlet based on how people can live a certain life when there is a lot of bad happening to them or around them.
Activity 12
1) The soliloquy seems to be all logic with some emotion behind it. The reason I think it's logic is because of how he speaks. It's not brash and he's not speaking in a very frantic way. Every word seems to be thought out and picked carefully. There is some emotion to it but not as much as he let's on. The part with emotion is probably where he begins to think of death.Especially since that no one including himself knows what happens to a person beyond that point.
2) He does use emotion in order to get the audience on his side. Also in order to make people feel sympathetic to him. It also helps that up to that point there has been so much in his life that has gone wrong. He does an excellent job to get the audience on his side. Especially since everyone has gone through something tough in their life like Hamlet went through. He makes a connection which is key since most people after this point in the story want Hamlet to succeed.
3)He does use a lot of logic when he speaks. He talks of how when death comes people will do certain things. And he seems to be speaking from experience even though he has yet to go through it. In a way he is scared of what will happen but he seems to have had come to terms with it. Which all people will eventually have to do because they will not be able to escape it.
4)It allows him to value life because that is what he is doing. He has been thrust into valuing it because of the situation he is in. He is valuing his life but in a way is valuing all peoples lives. And he can do this because of how he feels. He feels lost and without hope since his father was killed. And I think he begins to dissect value of a life since he is unsure how he will handle taking one.
5)They are worth considering based on how people are able to discuss them. And not just to take them as all literal and factual. It seems as if Shakespeare wanted  the audience to have this discussion. Because to him it is a discussion worth having. Especially since if you ask someone how they would value their personal life they wouldn't know how to answer it. And if you asked them to value another persons life they wouldn't know how and probably wouldn't be comfortable doing it. Since people who are uncomfortable with things tend not want to discuss them. Do I think people should have this discussion, I think it entirely depends on if people are invested in the topic. I don't lean either way since the topic doesn't interest me.
Activity 10
'a sea of troubles'
It means a wide and vast amount of issues that Hamlet has dealt with and will have to deal with later on in the story.
'the whips and scorns of time'
This means all of those beatings from a physical and emotional standpoint that have happened throughout a persons life.
'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune'
This means that all that has happened is unfortunate but you must deal with the situation in some way.
Activity 9
'Sling and arrows of outrageous fortune' is a bad outlook on life since in this instance he is being attacked with many difficult problems.
'A sea of troubles' is also a bad outlook on life since he has had many troubles to deal with and he knows he will have to deal with some in the future.
At this point in the story Hamlet is a pessimist since he can't really look on the bright side. Not to say that there isn't but it's hard to think positive in his crazy circumstance. If he was and optimist he would be giving himself a lot of false hope. The only thing that can possibly make things better for him is to kill his uncle. Which may bring him some closure on the situation.