Isn't it ironic that Hamlet is known for asking "To be or not to be?&qu

Question: Isn't it ironic that Hamlet is known for asking "To be or not to be!?", while himself being quite non-existent!?
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Yes, it most undeniably is !.!.!.

The nonexistant !.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No, not ironic!.

Why!? every person has to either exist or not exist!. Therefore any speaker of the question has to be on one side or another of the question!. It is no more ironic to ask the question when one does not exist than to ask it when one exists!. (Though it is a neater trick to do it when you don't exist!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ironic at a somewhat boring level, since we know it is really the playwright who wrote the statement for the character he made up!. Basically, you are suggesting that the suspension of disbelief is ironic, and you are correct!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

what makes you think he's non-existent!? characters are more real than some real people!. anyway, if you're going to play that game, it's shakespeare who said it, not hamlet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com