Read the excerpt from act iii of hamlet. hamlet: to be, or not to be: that is the question: whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferthe 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 endthe heart-ache and the thousand natural shocksthat flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummationdevoutly to be wish’d. to die, to sleep; to sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; for in that sleep of death what dreams may comewhen we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pausein his adaptation of this excerpt, laurence olivier uses high cliffs as a background and he holds onto a knife. what effect do these choices have? these choices emphasize the possibility that hamlet has gone mad. these choices emphasize the idea that the ghost may be imagined. these choices emphasize the fact that hamlet is seeking revenge against claudius. these choices emphasize the fact that hamlet is considering taking his own life.