哦，这个是莎士比亚戏剧《哈姆雷特》中的名句，全句是
To
be,
or
not
to
be
-
that
is
the
question
意思是说
活着还是死去，这是一个问题。
附相关章节：
Hamlet's
endurance
has
reached
the
breaking
point.
His
father
has
been
murdered.
His
mother,
who
he
loves
dearly,
has
married
her
dead
husband's
brother.
Moreover
his
sweetheart,
Ophelia,
has
been
acting
very
strangely.
He
senses
that
she
does
not
love
him
any
more.
Now,
he's
all
alone.
The
world
that
he
knew
is
shattered.
His
black
mood
of
despair
is
deepened
by
his
inability
to
act
-
to
do
something
to
change
the
situation.
Now
he
ponders
whether
to
continue
living
-
or
to
take
his
own
life.
Hamlet:
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
more;
and
by
a
sleep
to
say
we
end
The
heartache,
and
the
thousand
natural
shocks
That
flesh
is
heir
to.
'Tis
a
consummation
Devoutly
to
be
wish'd.
To
die
-
to
sleep.
To
sleep
-
perchance
to
dream:
ay,
there's
the
rub!
For
in
that
sleep
of
death
what
dreams
may
come
When
we
have
shuffled
off
this
mortal
coil,
Must
give
us
pause.
There's
the
respect
That
makes
calamity
of
so
long
life.
For
who
would
bear
the
whips
and
scorns
of
time,
The
oppressor's
wrong,
the
proud
man's
contumely,
The
pangs
of
despised
love,
the
law's
delay,
The
insolence
of
office,
and
the
spurns
That
patient
merit
of
the
unworthy
takes,
When
he
himself
might
his
quietus
make
With
a
bare
bodkin?
Who
would
these
fardels
bear,
To
grunt
and
sweat
under
a
weary
life,
But
that
the
dread
of
something
after
death
-
The
undiscover'd
country,
from
whose
bourn
No
traveller
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.
参考资料：
http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/listening/shakespeare/hamletframes.htm