To be or not to be, that is the question
Whether 'tis nobl'er in te mind to suffer the 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.
2006-06-18 22:42:08
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answered by rustysoap 1
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The phrase "to be, or not to be" originates from a famous Shakespearean soliloquy by the main protagonist Prince Hamlet from The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark in the first scene of Act Three. In it, Hamlet contemplates the pros and cons of continuing life ("To be") or preferring death ("not to be"). Some commentators have read it as a debate on suicide. Other commentators have argued that it is a description of how one's ideas and visions seldom seem to come to fruition, due to one's own indecisiveness. This speech is perhaps not only the most famous soliloquy in the whole of Shakespeare's works, but perhaps also in world literature.
In popular culture, this monologue being the most well known and well remembered scene of the play, is easily confused with another equally known scene, when Hamlet discovers Yorick's skull, which however occurs in a wholly different point of the play. During that scene his actual words were Alas, poor Yorick; I knew him, Horatio. However Hamlet is mostly remembered as reciting the to be or not to be monologue holding the skull.
The soliloquy in full form is found at the link...
2006-06-19 05:43:05
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answered by jm51376 2
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It is a poem, in the sense that Shakespear wrote in iambic pentameter, and the famous soliloquy by Hamlet, 'To be, or not to be, that is the question. Whether 'tis better to bear the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune etc.etc.etc." is also written in iambic. But it is regarded more as literature than poetry.
It was not taken from any other text, but was created by Shakespear for Hamlet.
2006-06-19 13:41:53
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answered by old lady 7
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To be or not to be is not a problem.
It is the problem of Shakespear and let him complete it.
2006-06-19 07:02:29
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answered by Anonymous
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