“To be, or not to be” by William Shakespeare describes how Hamlet is torn between life and death. His mental struggle to end the pangs of his life gets featured in this soliloquy. Hamlet’s soliloquy begins with the memorable line, “To be, or not to be, that is the question.”. It means that he cannot decide what is better, ending all the sufferings of life by death, or bearing the mental burdens silently.