2007-01-07 17:02:06 · 8 answers · asked by silenthunter3659 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet where Hamlet gives his famous monologue of suicide when he hears about his mothers wedding to his uncle claudius.
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2007-01-07 17:23:08 · answer #1 · answered by piglet564 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare- it is part of a long speech Hamlet makes when deciding what to do. You should really read the entire speech, if not the entire play to understand it! PS- Great Play!
2007-01-07 17:06:20 · answer #2 · answered by Molly 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.
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 take arms against a sea of trouble and, by opposing, end them.
2007-01-07 19:08:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Hamlet was stressing out and he was asking himself a bunch of questions about life and he started out with that line. It is one of his soliloquies in the play.
2007-01-07 17:04:58 · answer #4 · answered by ♪ ♥ ♪ ♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its from shakespeare's play- hamlet. while most people understand this to be a debate between living (to be) and committing suicide (not to be), there are also a group of thinkers who read this as a choice between the life of action ("to be") and life of silent acceptance ("not to be").
2007-01-07 19:09:37 · answer #5 · answered by aditi k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's from Hamlet, by Shakespeare.
2007-01-07 17:04:34 · answer #6 · answered by a heart so big 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's Hamlet considering suicide.
2007-01-07 17:10:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
To be or not to be......means he is wondering to kill himself or conitinue to live.
2007-01-07 19:50:19 · answer #8 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋