"To be or not to be..." is the opening phrase of a soliloquy in the "Nunnery Scene" Act III, Scene i, so called from Prince Hamlet's admonitions of "Get thee to a nunnery" to his former lover Ophelia.
To be or not to be... is the opening phrase of possibly the most famous soliloquy ever. It occurs in the "Nunnery Scene"Act III, Scene i, so called from Prince Hamlet's admonitions of "Get thee to a nunnery" to his former lover Ophelia.