What does Hamlet mean by "shuffled off this mortal coil"? dying living dreaming sleeping
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause.
Mortal coil refers to the suffering of daily living, the chaos and confusion of life. Shuffled off means to get rid of. Therefore shuffled off this mortal coil means to die and more specifically in this soliloquy to end one's own life.
