What purpose does the repetition of “the” serve towards the end of the “to be or not to be” soliloquy? it provides harshness, to readers realize how alarming hamlet’s death would be. it mirrors the vast number of problems hamlet is facing, like a list. it shows that hamlet is rambling and not making much sense. it marks hamlet’s decisiveness at the end of the soliloquy, making up his mind to kill claudius.