How do you Harvard reference a website?
Basic format to reference material from the web
- Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.
- Year.
- Title (in italics).
- Publisher. Where there is a corporate author, the publisher and author may be the same.
- Date viewed.
- Web address .
Do you have to cite information you already know?
If you need to refer to the work, you need to cite it. How do I cite information that is already common knowledge in an academic research paper? The simple answer is that you don’t. One doesn’t cite papers that are well known in your field or in the general population.
Do you have to cite to be or not to be?
If you come across the phrase “to be or not to be” and use it in your paper, you have to cite it.
Who is Hamlet talking to in To Be or Not To Be?
Polonius hears Hamlet coming, and he and the king hide. Hamlet enters, speaking thoughtfully and agonizingly to himself about the question of whether to commit suicide to end the pain of experience: “To be, or not to be: that is the question” (III. i. 58).
What is the context of to be or not to be?
The soliloquy is essentially all about life and death: “To be or not to be” means “To live or not to live” (or “To live or to die”). Hamlet discusses how painful and miserable human life is, and how death (specifically suicide) would be preferable, would it not be for the fearful uncertainty of what comes after death.
Where does Hamlet say to be or not to be?
“To be, or not to be” is the opening phrase of a soliloquy given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called “nunnery scene” of William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1.
Why does Ophelia kill herself?
Ophelia kills herself because the fate of Denmark is placed on her shoulders when she is asked to more or less spy on Hamlet, her father has been murdered (by her former lover no less), from the confusion created by her father and brother with regard to the meaning of love, and her suicide is even an act of revenge.
Which Hamlet soliloquy is most important?
Hamlet: ‘To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question’ ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’ is the most famous soliloquy in the works of Shakespeare – quite possibly the most famous soliloquy in literature.
Why does Gertrude think Hamlet is mad?
Queen Gertrude, who is Hamlet’s mother, speculates that the cause of this disturbance may be that he is in love with Ophelia, daughter of Polonius. This would be a very unequal match for a Prince of Denmark.
Does Polonius think Hamlet is mad?
Polonius thinks that Hamlet is mad because he’s crazy with love for Ophelia and she is ignoring him so he is depressed. He wants Hamlet and Ophelia to meet. Polonius is going to spy on them.
What convinces Gertrude that Hamlet is mad?
Hamlet speaks to the apparition, but Gertrude is unable to see it and believes him to be mad. The ghost intones that it has come to remind Hamlet of his purpose, that Hamlet has not yet killed Claudius and must achieve his revenge.
Who reveals the location of Polonius’s body?
Hamlet
What does Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 4 Scene 4 mean?
Hamlet’s soliloquy as he observes the Norwegian soldiers heading for Poland represents Hamlet’s turning point: “What is a man / If his chief good and market of his time / Be but to sleep and feed? Hamlet finally realizes that his duty to revenge is so great that the end must justify the means.
Why does Hamlet kill Polonius?
Hamlet believed that Claudius was spying on him from behind the tapestry and hoped to kill his unscrupulous uncle. Overall, Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius after mistaking him for King Claudius, who he believes is spying on him from behind the tapestry in Gertrude’s chamber.
Why does Hamlet agree to go to England?
King Claudius decides to send Hamlet to England, fearing danger in Hamlet since he no longer believes Hamlet is merely lovesick. King Claudius admits his growing fear of Hamlet and decides to send him overseas to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in order to protect himself.