Hamlet: TO BE wins vs. NOT TO BE, 46 to 2
“To be” in Hamlet occurs 46 times; “Not to be,” twice: 1.1 Bernardo Get thee TO BEd, Francisco. Horatio any good thing TO BE done 1.2 Claudius TO BEar our hearts in grief, and our whole kingdom TO BE contracted in one brow of woe... ...Our state TO BE disjoint Hamlet [TO BErnardo] Good even, sir. 1.3 Laertes It fits your wisdom so far TO BElieve it Polonius …better TO BEguile. 1.5 Ghost The glowworm shows the matin TO BE near 2.2 Guildenstern …lay our service freely at your feet, TO BE commanded. Voltimand …appear'd TO BE a preparation Pol …is't but TO BE nothing else but mad? Pol (reading Ham) …Doubt truth TO BE a liar Ham TO BE honest, as this world goes, is TO BE one man pick'd out of ten thousand. Ham Com’st thou TO BEard me in Denmark? 3.1 Guild Nor do we find him forward TO BE sounded Ham TO BE, or not TO BE*… …a consummation Devoutly TO BE wish’d (* 1st “not to be”) 3.2 Ham …some necessary question of the play be then TO BE considered Rosencrantz …ere you go TO BEd