To be, or not to be

Summary

To be, or not to be is a phrase^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of phrase entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,831 views/month, #2 of 211).^[2]

Key Facts

• To be, or not to be authored William Shakespeare^[3].
• To be, or not to be's image is recorded as To be or not to be (Q1).jpg^[4].
• To be, or not to be's instance of is recorded as phrase^[5].
• To be, or not to be's instance of is recorded as quotation^[6].
• To be, or not to be's instance of is recorded as soliloquy^[7].
• To be, or not to be's part of is recorded as Hamlet^[8].
• To be, or not to be's Commons category is recorded as Hamlet^[9].
• To be, or not to be's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048dcw9^[10].
• To be, or not to be's facet of is recorded as suicidal ideation^[11].
• To be, or not to be's published in is recorded as Hamlet^[12].
• To be, or not to be's different from is recorded as To Be or Not to Be^[13].
• To be, or not to be's BabelNet ID is recorded as 15644893n^[14].

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Works and Contributions

To be, or not to be authored William Shakespeare^[3]. Things named for it include To Be or Not to Be^[15], a film^[16], directed by Ernst Lubitsch^[17]; 2 B R 0 2 B^[18], a literary work^[19], written by Kurt Vonnegut^[20]; and To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants^[21], a segment of a television episode^[22], directed by Alan Smart^[23].

Why It Matters

To be, or not to be ranks in the top 0.95% of phrase entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,831 views/month, #2 of 211).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]

Entities named for it include To Be or Not to Be^[15], a film^[16], directed by Ernst Lubitsch^[17]; 2 B R 0 2 B^[18], a literary work^[19], written by Kurt Vonnegut^[20]; and To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants^[21], a segment of a television episode^[22], directed by Alan Smart^[23].