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John Gielgud as Hamlet
How is soliloquy used in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet?
Listen to the powerful language of Hamlet's “To be, or not to be” monologue
To Be or Not to Be
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How is soliloquy used in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet?
Watch an actor performing two of Hamlet's monologues in this discussion of the use...
Video: Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library; CC-BY-SA 4.0 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Listen to the powerful language of Hamlet's “To be, or not to be” monologue
Listen to an actor performing the “To be, or not to be” monologue from William Shakespeare's...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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John Gielgud as Hamlet
English actor John Gielgud in the title role of Hamlet, a play by William...
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To Be or Not to Be
A scene from the film To Be or Not to Be (1942), directed by Ernst Lubitsch...
© 1942 United Artists Corporation; photograph from a private collection