therein, lies the rub.?

could someone explain this figure of speach to me?

5/24/2007 12:16:07 AM

google the quote - the answer is on the first page cock man

5/24/2007 12:18:21 AM

i always interpreted it as "ahah, there's the catch"
i'm sure there's plenty of sites that analyze each of Shakespeare's lines

5/24/2007 12:18:47 AM

First of all, the line is:
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub

but there's obviously a problem with wanting to die in order to dream of greater things

which is why it's probably most often interpreted as agentlion suggests

It could also be what he longs for but can never undertake (that is, suicide).

[Edited on May 24, 2007 at 1:36 AM. Reason : .]

5/24/2007 1:29:05 AM