To be, or not to be
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title:
To be, or not to be
text:
"To be, or not to be" is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The speech is named for the opening phrase, itself among the most widely known and quoted lines in modern English literature, and has been referenced in many works of theatre, literature and music. In the speech, Hamlet contemplates death and suicide, weighing the pain and unfairness of life against the alternative, which might be worse. It is not clear that Hamlet is t
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Speech in Shakespeare's play Hamlet
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_be,_or_not_to_be
date created:
2004-06-16T00:11:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T04:45:34Z
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