Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet . 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 pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action Which word does Hamlet use to describe those who choose to live?
Hamlet says, “conscience does make cowards of us all,” describing people who hesitate to act because they think about the consequences. The word he uses for those who choose to live is “cowards.”
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