@article {557246,
	title = {{\textquoteleft}To be, or not to be{\textquoteright}: Shakespeare Against Philosophy},
	journal = {Shakespeare},
	volume = {14},
	number = {4},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {341-59},
	abstract = {This essay hazards a new reading of the most famous passage in Western literature: {\textquotedblleft}To be, or not to be{\textquotedblright} from William Shakespeare{\textquoteright}s\&nbsp;Hamlet. With this line, Hamlet poses his personal struggle, a question of life and death, as a metaphysical problem, as a question of existence and nothingness. However, {\textquotedblleft}To be, or not to be{\textquotedblright} is not what it seems to be. It seems to be a representation of tragic angst, yet a consideration of the context of the speech reveals that {\textquotedblleft}To be, or not to be{\textquotedblright} is actually a satire of philosophy and Shakespeare{\textquoteright}s representation of the theatricality of everyday life. In this essay, a close reading of the context and meaning of this passage leads into an attempt to formulate a Shakespearean image of philosophy.},
	url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17450918.2017.1343376?journalCode=rshk20},
	author = {Jeffrey R. Wilson}
}
