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"To be, or not to be" is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1). The speech is named for the opening phrase, itself among the most widely known and quoted lines in modern English literature, and has been referenced in many works of theatre, literature and music.
Yorick is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. . The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet's upbringin
William Shakespeare's play Hamlet has contributed many phrases to common English, from the famous "To be, or not to be" to a few less known, but still in everyday English. Some also occur elsewhere (e.g. in the Bible) or are proverbial. All quotations are second quarto except as noted:
Loosely based on William Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing, Anyone But You is chock-full of references to its source material that could be easily overlooked by the casual viewer.
This category is for English phrases which were invented by Shakespeare, and older phrases which were notably used in his works. The main article for this category is William Shakespeare . Pages in category "Shakespearean phrases"
See To Be or Not to Be (disambiguation) Slings & Arrows, 2003 Showcase Original Series; Outrageous Fortune, 1987 film written by Leslie Dixon; Outrageous Fortune, 2005–2010 television series. (Every episode of the series also took its title from a Shakespearean quotation.) See Perchance to Dream (disambiguation) There's the Rub, 1974 album by ...
The film is filled with other quotations and references to Shakespeare. [1] The phrase "the undiscovered country" is quoted from Hamlet's soliloquy. The film's director Nicholas Meyer said the idea for having the Klingons claim Shakespeare as their own was based on Nazi Germany's attempt to claim William Shakespeare as German before World War ...
Title page from 1609 edition of Shake-Speares Sonnets. Published in 1609, the Sonnets were the last of Shakespeare's non-dramatic works to be printed. Scholars are not certain when each of the 154 sonnets was composed, but evidence suggests that Shakespeare wrote sonnets throughout his career for a private readership.