| 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