We’ve all heard this question before. It’s a question regarding living or dying. Or is it to s eliminate cheese from your serving platter? Oh wait that’s brie, not be. Regardless, it’s a good question. Who among the living haven’t asked ourselves this very question one time in our lives? A bad break-up, the loose of a job, a bad grade on an exam, we’ve all had thoughts of this statement at least once. Thankfully the majority of us move past this melancholy statement to sometime more joyful… like “how can I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
Shakespearian quotes interrupt our lives in the most unusual ways. Many times we don’t even recognize when one happens to slip into our conversations. “All the world’s a stage…” I personally heard it at least a hundred times while taking drama in college, along with whole idea of picturing people in their underwear to get over stage fright. Now thanks to that image I have issues with going to the beach; what if I have to give a speech in my bikini? Moving right along… “To be or not to be?” has ultimately been the most popular Shakespearian saying to parody. To do something or not to… whether it is to kill yourself for foolish reasons, not take out the trash, to write a homework assignment… and the list goes on. It’s a famous question that can easily lend itself to multiple interruptions. Do we do this? Do we do that? I don’t know, ask Shakespeare. Too bad he’s been dead since 1616. But now a’days Shakespeare has become more than an author of Elizabethan Drama, he’s become a magic 8 ball, an all knowing guru who can answer the toughest of questions beyond the grave. To tell or not to tell? If Shakespeare was still alive he’d probably say “Who cares? But, do tell… have thee read my latest blog?”
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