2006-10-27 17:26:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The phrase "to be, or not to be" comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act III, scene i. In it, Hamlet rather impersonally considers the attractions of death (which he likens to a sleep) over life, whose pain seems unavoidable.
2006-10-27 17:51:53 · answer #1 · answered by lovetofly46 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO NO NO NO NO
They got it wrong, what he really wrote was
Tubby or not tubby,
Fat is the question
The whole play was supposed to be about Elizabethan weight problems, but somehow that got changed into something about ghosts & stuff in Denmark.
2006-10-28 00:30:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is part of The Great Soliloquy in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
2006-10-28 00:34:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Onward to battle and fight for what is just, or stay on the boat and tie knots.
2006-10-28 00:37:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i answerd a q like this before...
i think to be or not to be is about being firm on ur decision with no compromise n no hesitation. just plain yes or no, no ifs n buts....
2006-10-28 00:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life or Death
2006-10-28 03:27:45 · answer #6 · answered by jbscooby99999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
purely a question of right or wrong, to do something or not to.
2006-10-28 00:28:52 · answer #7 · answered by Princess Jasmine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shall I stay alive, or should I kill myself?
2006-10-28 00:27:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet's wondering if he should kill himself.
2006-10-28 00:34:37 · answer #9 · answered by Come on in, the water's lovely 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's about being noble
2006-10-28 00:32:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋