What is the first line of the soliloquy? | To be, or not to be, that is the question |
To be, or not to be, that is the question | Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer |
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer | The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune |
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune | Or to take arms against a sea of troubles |
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles | And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep |
And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep | No more-and by a sleep to say we end |
No more-and by a sleep to say we end | The heartache and the thousand natural shocks |
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks | That flesh is heir to. ‘Tis a consummation |
That flesh is heir to. ‘Tis a consummation | Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep |
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep | To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub |
To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub | For in that sleep of death what dreams may come |
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come | When we have shuffled off this mortal coil |
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil | Must give us pause |
Hamlet “To be or not to be” soliloquy
August 28, 2019