To Be, Or Not To Be Flashcards
To be,
or not to be -
or not to be-
that is the question;
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:
And by opposing end them;
to die:
to die:
to sleep-
to sleep-
No more,
No more,
and by a sleep to say we end
and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache
The heartache
and the thousand natural shocks
and the thousand natural shocks\
That flesh is heir to:
That flesh is heir to:
‘tis a consummation
‘tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished
Devoutly to be wished-
to die: to sleep-
to die: to sleep-
To sleep, perchance to dream-
To sleep, perchance to dream-
ay, there’s the rub
Ay, there’s the rub
For in that sleep of death
For in that sleep of death
what dreams may come true
what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
Must give us pause:
Must give us pause:
there’s the respect
there’s the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips
For who would bear the whips
and scorns of time,
and scorns of time,
Th’opressor’s wrong,
Th’oppressor’s wrong,
the proud man’s contumely
the proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of desprised love,
The pangs of desprised love,
the law’s delay,
the law’s delay,
The insolence of office
The insolence of office
and the spurns
and the spurns
That patient merit of th’unworthy takes
That patient merit of th’unworthy takes
When he himself might
When he himself might
his quietus make
his quietus make
With a bare bodkin.
With a bare bodkin.
Who would fardels bear
Who would fardels bear
To grunt and sweat
To grunt and sweat
under a weary life
under a weary life
But that the dread of something after death
But that the dread of something after death
(The undiscovered country from whose bourn
(The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveller returns)
No traveller returns)
puzzles the will
puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of.
Than fly to others that we know not of.
Thus conscience does make cowards
Thus conscience does make cowards-
And thus the native hue of resolution
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er
with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action
And lose the name of action.
Soft you now,
Soft you now.
Be all my sins remembered.
