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“To be, or not to be, that is the question” is a famous soliloquy from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, spoken by the protagonist of the play.

Hamlet at a glance:

• A tragedy in 5 acts, written between 1599 and 1601 and published in 1603.
• Hamlet returns from Germany to attend his father's funeral and learns that his uncle Claudius has married his mother Gertrude and killed his father.
• Hamlet plots revenge; Claudius is the antagonist (villain).
• The play ends with Hamlet's death.

Important characters:

• Ophelia (Heroine)
• Hamlet
• Claudius
• Gertrude
• Horatio (Loyal and best friend of Hamlet)
• Polonius (Ophelia's father)
• Laertes (Ophelia's brother)

Famous quotations:

• Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend.
• To be or not to be that is the question.
• Frailty, thy name is woman.
• Brevity is the soul of wit.
• Listen to many, speak to a few.
• Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
• Conscience doth make cowards of us all.
• There is divinity that shapes our end.