Act 3, Scene 1, lines 64-98

Original Text 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 moreand by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir totis a consummation Devoutly to be wished! To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dreamay, theres the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. Theres the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressors wrong, the proud mans contumely, The pangs of despised love, the laws delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.Soft you now, The fair Ophelia!Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered.

Paraphrase Should I stay or should I go? Thats the clashtion. It is better to put up with all the things that like dishes out, or to go against them by ending them all by dying? All dying is just sleeping. It ends all the pains in life. Its basically an accomplishment to die. Maybe there is something after death. But thats the problem. Who knows what comes after we sleep? What will happen? That is something to ponder about. That is the only thing that keeps us from dying. Who would put up with all of the troubles life throws at us? The abuse and insults from prideful people in charge, the pain of love, the failings of the laws, and the hurt that good people get. Why would you keeping going if you could just slit your throat? Why go through will all the work from life? Unless you are scared of whats after death, where no one comes back. We have no answers. No one can tell us. The fear of death makes all of humanity run scared, we hide in fear. Actions stop which should be put into progress. Oh, here comes the beautiful Ophelia. Oh she is so gorgeous. Stunning woman, pray for me when you remember me. Please!