"To be or not to be is a question", What does Shakespeare means by it?

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"To be or not to be is a question", What does Shakespeare means by it?

Mentioned in Hamlet

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Hamlet's to be or not to be.

"To be or not to be, that is the question." Hamlet is eager to escape a life of calamity and disaster. He sees his life as a terrible burden, something he yearns to escape. The problem, however, is that death brings him into territory uncharted by those still alive. It is not death that he fears for he perceives death as a release; the problem is death through suicide. Hamlet makes a philosophical approach to the question of whether or not it is nobler to endure life??s hardships or overcome pain and agony. More????

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Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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