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Hamlet Soliloquy Speeches
Hello Garth Webb,s first full graduating class of 2016 I’m Sebastian in case any of you forgot or still just didn't know.

Four years ago, I first entered Garth Webb; it seems like it has been just been just yesterday I wheeled into the school—did you guys get taller or is just me? I have thought long and hard about my journey and what I ought to say to you guys and while writing this I realized I still hate public speaking even more so this should be interesting, thanks Mrs. McLeod. I gotta be honest and say that I was pretty nervous about giving a speech; I kept thinking: What if I was like Taylor Swift and someone came up and interrupted like Kanye did back in 2009 but instead they said “Sorry I'm gonna let you finish but someone else …show more content…
In general, while Hamlet’s famous “to be or not to be” soliloquy questions the righteousness of life over death in moral terms, as much of the speech’s emphasis is on the subject of death. However the significance of this quote to me is different because I did resort to extreme thoughts like Hamlet. I look at this famous line as it is up to you to be the best you can be, and life may knock you down a. I started high school with no confidence in myself, which led me to pretty much sleep through the first first semester—and if you don't believe me just ask Mrs. Todd, she remembers. The point I am trying to make is once I started believing in myself, and others did so with me, I was able to look past the things that brought me down in life and I hope you guys learn that as well, I let the negative things in life like my disability and my schooling situation bring me down like Hamlet and it has been because of this school I was able start fresh. Today I am very proud of all that I have accomplished and the changes I've gone through to lead me on the right path as I am now eligible for university this year— something I did not see myself being able to achieve. Hamlet was very important in teaching me what I wanted to be and what I did not want to
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