Volume -15 | Issue -1
Volume -15 | Issue -1
Volume -15 | Issue -1
Volume -15 | Issue -1
Volume -14 | Issue -6
Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy in William Shakespeare's Hamlet is arguably the most famous and analyzed passage in Western literature. Generations of scholars have interpreted it as a contemplation of suicide, a lament on the burdens of life. This paper argues for a more nuanced reading, one that recognizes the soliloquy as a rich exploration of existential themes that transcends a simple death wish.