William Shakespear的"Hamlet"第二幕中Hamlet的内心独白, 是莎翁所有作品中最广为流传的佳句. 也是本剧中最能考验出饰演演员的功力的两场戏之一,另一场是第三幕中与皇后葛楚德(Gertrude)的对白.
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...