To be or not to be...

To be or not to be-that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep-
No more-and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to-'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep-
To sleep, perchance to dream. Aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, [F: poor]
The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay, [F: disprized]
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, [F: these Fardels]
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveler returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment, [F: pith]
With this regard their currents turn awry, [F: away]
And lose the name of action.-Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia.-Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.


My oldest nephew went back to school today. My youngest nephew has his very first day of school tomorrow.


When my sister and nephews had left for school/work, I packed my stuff and drove up north. I meant to go for a walk around Fredensborg Castle (the Royal Family's summer residens), but when I arrived the weather was really wet, so I decided to continue and go back to Kronborg Castle, where we were yesterday, to see the scenes from Hamlet, which I missed yesterday.


This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Hamlet's castle Kronborg is marking this occasion with a theatrical adventure in the magnificent halls of the castle. The main story of Hamlet is told in a sequence of small scenes. 


It really is a magnificent event. Sometimes the actors talked to the spectators as if they were part of the play too - asked them for advice, invited them to a game of chess or discussed politics with them (politics from when Hamlet was prince of Denmark!)


When I left Kronborg, I took the boys for a walk in the beautiful area around the castle and then I drove down south again to Helle's.


We trained dogs and had coffee/cake before I drove home. 


Ahhh it's good to be home, but it has been wonderful to see my sister too.


This is Hamlet's famous 'To be or not to be' monologue.


Here is a small video from one of the scenes.

And lots of pictures from Kronborg and Hamlet Live on Flickr.


See you tomorrow
Emmy and the Hazyland Boys