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„It is often overlooked that Shakespeare transformed four of the most boring words in the English language into the most famous line in universal theater, ‘To be or not to be’. How can something so abstract resonate across so many cultures and eras? Some say the answer is simple: ‘to be!’. Rather than questioning existence with unanswerable questions,we should simply embrace life and move on.

The question continues to haunt many people, including myself. Its importance lies in the unknown ‘why’. This question haunted philosophers long before Socrates. Some ask the question while others argue that since there is no answer, it makes no sense to address it.

Sometimes we do senseless things, truly dreadful things without any obvious reason or benefit. And we run around in despair, asking ‘Why?! Why?!’. Humans are the only animals that can be irrationally cruel, capable of committing spectacular acts of violence against themselves and others.

Perhaps this is related to the fact that humans are the only beings who can question their own existence. Sometimes, people do wonderful or terrible things just to prove that they exist.

Hamlet’s dilemma embodies this struggle. But not directly; it is enigmatic, like a ghost in the dark corridors of Elsinore.” (Declan Donnellan)

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