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(To be or not to be that is the question) what does this quote mean?

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    LoneAlpha - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by LoneAlpha Jan 10th, 2013 at 2:38AM

    To be himself or someone else.

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  1. rodrwill1 - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by rodrwill1 Jan 10th, 2013 at 2:44AM

    There is no consensus or "official" meaning. However, I subscribe to the belief that he was contemplating suicide.

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  2. CallMeGeorge - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by CallMeGeorge Jan 10th, 2013 at 2:42AM

    In school we were told that when hamlet said that that he was contemplating whether he should end his own life or not..

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  3. noelli - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by noelli Jan 10th, 2013 at 2:38AM

    "To be or not to be" means, is Hamlet's revenge to be carried out, when Claudius arrives?

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  4. Orinocoe - 51-55 years old - male

    Posted by Orinocoe Jan 10th, 2013 at 2:38AM

    classroom, perhaps 2B?

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  5. Galaxy2 - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by Galaxy2 Jan 10th, 2013 at 2:36AM

    To be=to live or not to be=to die. He's deciding which is better.. (Obviously the live part is more appealing)

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  6. IamDRock - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by IamDRock Jan 10th, 2013 at 2:32AM

    He was trying to decide if she should be a man or a woman

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