Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.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?

Hamlet asks whether it is better “to be, or not to be,” then considers whether to endure suffering or end it by opposing life’s troubles. This shows that he is contemplating suicide, not discussing Ophelia, the ghost, or his revenge.

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