two essays on Hamlet; main idea /themes, and "To be or not to be" speech. Plus a couple of junior school poetry essays, one shorter essay on Emily Dickinson.

How does the speech "To be or not to be..." affect our understanding of Hamlet's character and his role(s) in the play as a whole? In this speech we see the core of Hamlet's problem; we see clearly that he is a man who has come to understand himself. He has finally understood that his real problem is his incapacity to act in a decisive manner. The soliloquy concludes with this understanding. His role …

…e steeple wild the flying tidings told / How much can come and much can go and yet abide the world." Life can be lost and our world turned upside down but the world keeps turning. Dickinson's poem is a reminder of life's delicate nature. We are people who live in an indifferent world and nature can destroy us at any time. A storm, a flood, does not end the world; life goes on. 318 words '