To be or not to be. These six words are the most famous in all the __1__ of the world. They were __2__ by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare's works because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but also for every __3__ man and woman. To be or not to be, to live or not to live, to live __4__ and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. A philosopher once wanted to know __5__ he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself __6__. He answered it by saying,“I think, __7__ I am.”