TO BE OR NOT TO BE????

Question

THAT IS THE QUESTION

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,

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.

One should read the whole quote to see the twists of a great mind before one really examines the question. Anyone who can't truly follow the bard's speech in it's full context shouldn't be asking this question at all. So unless your mental life is equal to a Hamlet's life act not. If it is his equal write so the world may know you. Either way lose the name of action.

Answer 2

I prefer another quote:

"There is nothing good nor bad that thinking makes it so"

Answer 3

to be or not to be, that is the answer

Answer 4

the answer varies bec this is life

Answer 5

I say tha--

Omg it's a giant rabbit. =O Everybody spaz!

Answer 6

To be! how could anyone chose anything else!

:)

Answer 7

To live life to the fullest, follow your dreams, be passionate, love, be loved...

Or just do the minimum necessary to survive, go through the motions, never take chances...

I prefer the first option!

Answer 8

Etre.

Answer 9

To be..

YaY 2 points!

Answer 10

It means is it better to live or to die.  So, depends on each individuals life as to which is better, but who knows.

Answer 11

TO BE

Answer 12

Man, I love this quote out of context. If you look at the answers, you can already see people turning it into some kind of fluffy self-esteem building quote. You realize that Hamlet was talking about whether he wanted to commit suicide or not, right? So 'to be'. Definitely to be.

Answer 13

to be.

Answer 14

not to be

Answer 15

You ARE, already and forever. Just feel it!