![]() ![]() In fact, today, we have a different phrase that gets to the heart of what this speech is saying: "out of the frying pan and into the fire." That basically means that things might be bad, but they could get a whole lot worse if you die. You've probably figured out by now that most of these actually have nothing to do with philosophy, suicide, or death. And don't even get us started on the whole slew of books and newspaper articles that use this as a catchy title. The irregular verb to be is the most complicated of all the English verbsand it just so happens to be the most used, too. In Science, it's used as a quip about Intelligent Design. Let's face it: this quote has taken on a life of it's own now, so people know they can make fun of it. Nope, today, we use it to mean all kinds of things. But most of the time we come across this phrase today, it isn't actually referring to big questions like the meaning of life and whether or not someone should commit suicide. Most people know Shakespeare came up with this phrase, even if they've never read Hamlet. To be, or not to be: that is the question: 55 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. This might be a question of style and effect rather than a question of right or wrong. It's plastered on t-shirts, used as the punch line in cartoons, and even served as a movie title back in the 40s. I believe in your sentence reasonable is an adjective (modifying conclusion) and adequately is an adverb (modifying supported). Derived from the famous line in William Shakespeares Hamlet, 'To be, or not to be, that is the question. It actually comes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. ![]() Whether or not you've read Hamlet, you've probably heard this line before. Used to express ones indecision or hesitation about doing something. I’d say, by and large, 80-90 of people probably could not comfortably tell you what it means to be intersex, said River Gallo (they/them), an intersex activist who appears in the film. Hamlet’s soliloquy from William Shakespeare’s play is rightly celebrated for being a meditation on the nature of life and death, but some analyses and interpretations of the soliloquy serve to reduce the lines to a more simplistic meaning. Sufferings and Glory To Be or Not To Be Posted on Maby glenn The phrase is a familiar one. ![]()
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