2007-04-23 07:11:09 · 18 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
“ 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,
Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despis'd[1] love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th'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 pitch[2] and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.[3]
”
probably
2007-04-23 07:30:35 · answer #1 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-04-23 14:14:07 · answer #2 · answered by Chaun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not really up to me to answer. I didn't ask to be and I am genetically endowed with an instinct to keep on being.
2007-04-23 14:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Question 2: To be or not to be?
2a. To be
2b. Not to be
I'll go with 2b Not to be
2007-04-23 14:14:40 · answer #4 · answered by Captain Jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be, believe in Christ, do what he said and go to Heaven.
If you want to cease to be, live your life without God and deny Jesus.
2007-04-23 14:21:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hhmmmm. I think I will be but if no one notices me or acknowledges me do I really exist?
2007-04-23 14:21:26 · answer #6 · answered by Soul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it noble in the mind to sling arows hamlit you can have your cigar now
2007-04-23 14:15:52 · answer #7 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay alive, suicide is never the answer.
2007-04-23 14:13:39 · answer #8 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always to be......to be happy, to be loved, to be cherished, to be important, to be a friend, to be alive....just be!
2007-04-23 14:20:48 · answer #9 · answered by Laugh!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet decided not to be.
2007-04-23 14:13:00 · answer #10 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋