To Be Or Not To Be

The soliloquy from Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. This attempt isn't on a par with Olivier, or even Mel Gibson, but it's mine, good or bad. Whether good or bad is up to you.

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• To be or not to be
• Shakespeare
• Hamlet
• soliloquy

[XwendigoX]

Hmm...I really need to improve my english for I would like to read (and understand) Shakespeare in his native language. Oh... and I've heard the term "the undiscovered country" before. I think it was a film...any idea?

[Largo64]

@XwendigoX: Going back over comment sections, as I sometimes do, I found this unanswered. I don't know what you are referring to, but Shakespeare is so often quoted (perhaps second only to the Bible) that you will see lines of his in titles and texts everywhere English is spoken. If you read Shakespeare to improve your English, you will probably end up speaking better than most native speakers! Certainly your vocabulary will be larger.

[VitaminTMan]

OHHHH! Do "Tis a very witching time of night"! I think it's in Hamlet too!

[Largo64]

It's s very short piece:

'Tis now the very witching time of night,

When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out

Contagion to this world: now could I drink hot blood

And do such bitter business as the day

Would quake to look on.

[mockingarab]

Beautiful house.. yours?

[Largo64]

The house is Shakespeare's birthplace.

[OmiBeckett]

if there is a god out there, may he bless you.

i respect you alot.

[grumpychuck]

I enjoy these videos from you.

[Imaginefree69]

Excellent job, Larry.

Very effective delivery.

And such a thought-provoking piece of literature.

Thanks for posting this.

5 stars!

[VitaminTMan]

Aww, lol I thought it was longer than that for some reason... oh well!

[rednecktrucker1969]

**O O**

crying, very moving, great delivery.

[Fjarhultian]

I tend to agree.

Some have started using "literally" as a mere emphasis, resulting in much nonsense.

"He was literally a mile tall", they might say, as they describe an exceptionally tall - yet still only human - man.