Act 8, Scene 11

To be, or not to be: that ’twas the question:

Whether ’twas nobler in the mind to suffer

The springs and narrows of outrageous furniture,

Or to push forward against a sea of obstacles,

And by opposing overcome them? To lie: to sleep;

Sleep more; and by sleep to say I end

The body aches and a thousand natural shocks

That I was heir to, ’twas an aggravation

But now, ecstatically in my bed, I lie, to sleep

To sleep: perchance to dream …

Boynton’s Hamlet, Act 8, Scene 11

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