Value of Life

Activity #7 
1. Where does Hamlet ask the central question of his soliloquy? 
Hamlet asks the central question at the beginning of his soliloquy. Asking himself if he should continue living a life he doesn't like or to end that and start a new one. 
2. Where does he restate this question in greater detail? 
Hamlet restates the question throughout the rest of his speech. Going into deeper thoughts and really understanding on what he wants to do.
3. Does Hamlet ever answer this question? 
Through the whole speech hamlet sounds sad, causing us to feel sorry for him in the end he will choose to give up instead of continuing. He never really answers his question. 
4. Does he ask any other questions in this speech?
Yes he does. The whole poem is basically made up of smaller questions. He asks a lot of other questions because he is confused on what to do. 
5. Who or what interrupts Hamlet at the end of his soliloquy? Do you think he was finished talking?
Who interrupts Hamlet at the end of his speech is Ophelia. I don't think that he was done speaking. I think that he just suddenly just stopped talking. 

 Activity #12 
1. Does the soliloquy form seem to favor the expression of emotion (pathos) or logic (logos)? Explain your answer.
It seems like it is pathos because he makes his decision on the emotions that he is feeling instead of the logic that everyone expects him to do.
2.Does Hamlet's soliloquy use emotion (pathos) to create a specific effect on the reader? If so, describe how emotion is used.
Yes, Shakespeare uses pathos as a way of creating in the reader to feel some sort of sympathy toward Hamlet because some of the readers might connect with what Hamlet is saying. It helps connect because emotions is something that we all share.
3. Does Hamlet's soliloquy use logic (logos) to create specific effect on the reader? If so describe how logic is used.
He also uses some logos when he starts debating between life and death. he debates whether if its really worth it or not.
4.When Hamlet speaks his soliloquy, he is in crisis. How do his circumstances position Hamlet to speak with authority (ethos) about the value of life? Does Hamlet seem to be speaking about his life in particular or about the quality of life in general?
The circumstances that he is in put him in a really tough position. That is why he speaks with such authority. He seems to be talking about the life in general but he is also talking about his own life because he wants to do what he really wants to but there are things that are holding him back.
5. As careful readers, we are, of course, aware that it is not really Hamlet speaking, but a character created by Shakespeare. Does Shakespeare seem like someone whose opinions and attitudes are worth considering? Why?
I believe that we should take Shakespeare's opinions into consideration because he provides us with incite to a whole new different and better perspective. The way he provides us with these characters we are seeing the way his perspectives are put into play.