when does hamlet say to be or not to be
To be, or not to be "To be, or not to be" is the opening phrase of a soliloquy spoken by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene"[1] of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Act III, Scene I.
Ghost (Hamlet) He is loosely based on a legendary Jutish chieftain, named Horwendill, who appears in Chronicon Lethrense and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. According to oral tradition, the Ghost was originally played by Shakespeare himself.[1]