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. To die, to sleep;
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: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action. - Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.
From 'Hamlet' - by William Shakespeare.
You may not have realised it at the time of writing, but your question is an incredibly deep one and, if one is able to understand the poem, causes the mind to dance madly with the justifications for morality in death.
;)
2006-08-26 11:36:19
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answered by googlywotsit 5
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I'd rather be, even if it means to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
2006-08-29 10:57:55
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answered by cross-stitch kelly 7
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do be do be do?
scooby do or scooby don't
to see or not to see
to pee or not to pee
to tee fruitee
to vee or tivo
toulene or not toulene
two bees or not two bees
tout' or not tout'
or something like that
2006-08-28 02:57:54
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answered by Gemelli2 5
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So Very True!
2006-08-26 16:05:41
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answered by kayboff 7
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i choose to be a nice, reliable, honest person....and i choose to live for the lord jesus christ...and i really did not get your question so i just typed what i choose to be...and with morals and care for other people too....
2006-08-26 16:00:48
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answered by sanangel 6
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Reread the Bard. It is "To be, or not, to be , that is the question."
2006-08-26 16:36:57
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answered by Anonymous
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If you're Hamlet, that is.
2006-08-26 17:19:35
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answered by Mightymo 6
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Just be.
2006-08-26 16:00:52
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answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7
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just be.........thank you
2006-08-27 20:38:35
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answered by ? 3
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