"To be, or not to
be" is arguably 's most famous line. Found in (3.1.56),is considering
life. He finds that life may not be worth living if it continues to be so challenging. Hamlet is
questioning whether he should move forward with his plan to murder(the one responsible for his
father's death) or end his own life.
"To be" refers to the verb
"being" in regards to existence. Hamlet is essentially questioning if he should
continue his own insufferable existence or end his pain. Unfortunately, Hamlet also questions
what the afterlife holds. His fears of the unknown force him to consider which is the
"lesser of two evils" (when given two bad choices, one tends to be "less
bad" than the other), ending the life of Claudius or his own.
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