what does this question mean to you? do you know what shakespeare meant by this question? if you do.....
what do you think is the answer to this question?
2006-07-01 00:28:12 · 8 answers · asked by . 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
to be something, or not to be anything.... it is one of the smartest, most applicable question women and men have ever spoken.
2006-07-01 06:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by her half dead lover 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
In this soliloquy in Hamlet, the protagonist is debating between life and death, and what comes after death. Hamlet decides he would not want to die if there was a chance of an afterlife (to sleep, perchance to dream) - he would rather disappear into oblivion.
2006-07-01 00:59:02 · answer #2 · answered by sashmead2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the 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; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd.
2006-07-01 00:46:23 · answer #3 · answered by crystallamp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A tree gives glory to God by being a tree" Thomas Merton monk and poet. When we are ourselves we shine like the sun. To be real, is to be. Not to be is to be unreal. To thy own self be true.
2006-07-01 00:36:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think u mean either to be a happy or to be good human being.if not plz let me know the answer.
2006-07-01 00:34:09 · answer #5 · answered by SNEHA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's more like an oxymoron...he expresses pretty much confusion...n i think that its not really a question i think that its just a concept he is tryin to give us...
2006-07-01 00:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by virtualgirlsweetheart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was said by hamlet before he decided to murder his step-father.i think he meant to be brave or not to be brave.
2006-07-03 09:02:08 · answer #7 · answered by sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the question.
Hamlet is debating whether or not he should kill himself.
2006-07-01 00:53:29 · answer #8 · answered by P. M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋