to be or not to be ?

Question

who said that .. and what does it mean >??

Answer 1

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. 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,

-Hamlet

Answer 2

The character Hamlet from the play Hamlet, by Shakespeare.

It basically means to live or die - whether or not to commit suicide so as to escape from the insolence of office, contumely and so on.

Answer 3

Hamlet in Shakespeare play hamlet. Hamlet is asking himself if he should continue to act mad so people will pay no attention to him and say their secrets in from of him, or if he should act sain and looses the means of his infromation

Answer 4

Hamlet, in Hamlet by Shakespeare.

Answer 5

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