{"id":1386,"date":"2016-10-29T04:25:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T04:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/?post_type=chapter&p=1386"},"modified":"2016-10-29T06:36:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T06:36:24","slug":"to-sleep-perchance-to-dream","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/chapter\/to-sleep-perchance-to-dream\/","title":{"raw":"To Sleep Perchance To Dream","rendered":"To Sleep Perchance To Dream"},"content":{"raw":"

\"For in the sleep of death, what dreams may come\"<\/h2>\r\n

Shakespeare's Hamlet<\/h4>\r\n

<\/h2>\r\n

A MODERN DAY INTERPRETATION OF HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY\r\nThe question is: is it better to be alive or dead? Is it nobler to put up with all the nasty things that luck throws your way, or to fight against all those troubles by simply putting an end to them once and for all? Dying, sleeping\u2014that\u2019s all dying is\u2014a sleep that ends all the heartache and shocks that life gives us\u2014that\u2019s an achievement to wish for. To die, to sleep\u2014to sleep, maybe to dream. Ah, but there\u2019s the catch: in death\u2019s sleep who knows what kind of dreams might come, after we\u2019ve put the noise and commotion of life behind us. That\u2019s certainly something to worry about. That\u2019s the consideration that makes us stretch out our sufferings so long. Act 3 Scene 1 FROM SPARKNOTES available at\u00a0http:\/\/nfs.sparknotes.com\/hamlet\/page_138.html<\/span><\/h3>\r\n

<\/h1>\r\n

<\/h4>\r\n

In mental and moral anguish, Hamlet ponders the idea of suicide so as to end his suffering.<\/h4>\r\n

He hastens to reason that there is no guarantee that he will get relief through death since<\/h4>\r\n

To die is but a sleeping . . .\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/h1>\r\n

<\/h4>\r\n

<\/h4>\r\n

Note: \u00a0There is no such thing as immortality of the soul. \u00a0Sir Isaac Newton would tell you the same thing, if he were alive today. \u00a0He didn't publish any of his essays regarding such false doctrines because he'd have been burned at the stake.<\/h4>\r\n

To die is but a sleeping and a forgetting<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

<\/h2>\r\n

\u00a0\"His spirit goes out<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

[As a light or a flame goes out. \u00a0Nothing physically goes out from him]<\/h4>\r\n

He returns to the ground;<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

On that very day<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

his thoughts do perish.\"<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

Psalms 146:4<\/h4>\r\n \r\n

See also King James Version, Psalms 146:4<\/h4>\r\n

\"His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

In that very day his thoughts perish.\"<\/span><\/h2>","rendered":"

“For in the sleep of death, what dreams may come”<\/h2>\n

Shakespeare’s Hamlet<\/h4>\n

<\/h2>\n

A MODERN DAY INTERPRETATION OF HAMLET’S SOLILOQUY
\nThe question is: is it better to be alive or dead? Is it nobler to put up with all the nasty things that luck throws your way, or to fight against all those troubles by simply putting an end to them once and for all? Dying, sleeping\u2014that\u2019s all dying is\u2014a sleep that ends all the heartache and shocks that life gives us\u2014that\u2019s an achievement to wish for. To die, to sleep\u2014to sleep, maybe to dream. Ah, but there\u2019s the catch: in death\u2019s sleep who knows what kind of dreams might come, after we\u2019ve put the noise and commotion of life behind us. That\u2019s certainly something to worry about. That\u2019s the consideration that makes us stretch out our sufferings so long. Act 3 Scene 1 FROM SPARKNOTES available at\u00a0http:\/\/nfs.sparknotes.com\/hamlet\/page_138.html<\/span><\/h3>\n

<\/h1>\n

<\/h4>\n

In mental and moral anguish, Hamlet ponders the idea of suicide so as to end his suffering.<\/h4>\n

He hastens to reason that there is no guarantee that he will get relief through death since<\/h4>\n

To die is but a sleeping . . .\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/h1>\n

<\/h4>\n

<\/h4>\n

Note: \u00a0There is no such thing as immortality of the soul. \u00a0Sir Isaac Newton would tell you the same thing, if he were alive today. \u00a0He didn’t publish any of his essays regarding such false doctrines because he’d have been burned at the stake.<\/h4>\n

To die is but a sleeping and a forgetting<\/span><\/h1>\n

<\/h2>\n

\u00a0“His spirit goes out<\/span><\/h2>\n

[As a light or a flame goes out. \u00a0Nothing physically goes out from him]<\/h4>\n

He returns to the ground;<\/span><\/h2>\n

On that very day<\/span><\/h2>\n

his thoughts do perish.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

Psalms 146:4<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

See also King James Version, Psalms 146:4<\/h4>\n

“His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;<\/span><\/h2>\n

In that very day his thoughts perish.”<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"author":7735,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1386","chapter","type-chapter","status-web-only","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7735"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1391,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1386\/revisions\/1391"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1386\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1386"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1386"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/farmingdale-collegesuccess-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}