![]() ![]() Not only an eloquent and memorable phrase, “To be, or not to be, that is the question” presents the deepest insight into the mind of Hamlet. Lewis does, that its significance, and more importantly its role as the crucial theme in the play is underestimated. ![]() Nor is it possible to say that its presence in the play is overlooked: it is the line that almost every casual reader awaits as he reads. Thus, with any knowledge of the English language and its literature, it is difficult to say in good conscience that the line is overlooked. This line is quite possibly one of the most famous in the history of English literature. “To be, or not to be, that is the question” (III.i, l.
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