Diction

“To be or not to be that is the question.” So begins one of the most famous monologues in the whole of Shakespeare’s portfolio. The monologue did not win fame purely by chance. It is a deep, moving monologue that is written with such eloquence that a simple speech helps to convey several of the central themes behind the play. If a few words were replaced with others which could easily serve the same purpose, the monologue would have easily lost all of its strength.