One thing that really makes me angry is people mentioning the "To be or not to be" soliloquy, and directly associating to the skull scene. All right, I know that somewhere in place and time, someone stated that, but it really bothers me.
Am I saying that everyone should read the play? No - although it'd be advisable. I'm only saying that people should not talk about things they don't know at least the minimum, because they are fated to say nonsense!
I know, I'm way too protective in relation to Hamlet, I admit it! But I can't help it!
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellowof infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that. (...)
- Hamlet, Act V, scene I
