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[[File:Toba, or not Toba.jpg|thumb|"'''Toba, or not Toba'''".]]"'''Toba, or not Toba'''" is the opening phrase of a soliloquy given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "geology scene" of William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'', Act 3, Scene 1. | [[File:Toba, or not Toba.jpg|thumb|"'''Toba, or not Toba'''".]]"'''Toba, or not Toba'''" is the opening phrase of a soliloquy given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "geology scene" of William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet, Prince of Geologists'', Act 3, Scene 1. | ||
In the speech, Hamlet contemplates death and catastrophe, bemoaning the pain and unfairness of the Toba supervolcano but acknowledging that the catastrophe theory might be overstated. | In the speech, Hamlet contemplates death and catastrophe, bemoaning the pain and unfairness of the Toba supervolcano but acknowledging that the catastrophe theory might be overstated. | ||
Revision as of 07:06, 13 December 2021
"Toba, or not Toba" is the opening phrase of a soliloquy given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "geology scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Prince of Geologists, Act 3, Scene 1.
In the speech, Hamlet contemplates death and catastrophe, bemoaning the pain and unfairness of the Toba supervolcano but acknowledging that the catastrophe theory might be overstated.
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The Lord of the Danes is an epic Shakespearean play about a prince of Gondor (Hamlet) whose attempts to exorcise the ghost of his father lead to madness, betrayal, and murder.
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- To be, or not to be @ Wikipedia