Hamlet S Soliloquy Quotes

“To be, or not to be - that is the question;
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep -
No more - and by a sleep we say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep -
To sleep - perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“Bohemian Rhapsody has the tortured individual at its centre struggling with a dilemma involving murder and a parent—a conflict structurally similar to Hamlet’s agony in William Shakespeare's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy. That timeless and universal link confirms its power: no matter how sophisticated we become or imagine ourselves to be, we still struggle with the primal problems life throws at us. Whereas Hamlet internally debates the merits of life and death as he teeters on the tightrope between those all-or-nothing points, Freddie Mercury's protagonist sings: 'I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all!”
― Stewart Stafford