Shakespeare Quotes About Death

    9 quotes across 3 plays.

    I am dying, Egypt, dying; only

    Antony·Antony and Cleopatra·Act 4, Scene 15

    I am fire and air; my other elements

    Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have

    To be, or not to be, that is the question.

    Hamlet·Hamlet·Act 3, Scene 1

    The undiscovered country from whose bourn / No traveller returns.

    Hamlet·Hamlet·Act 3, Scene 1

    Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio.

    Hamlet·Hamlet·Act 5, Scene 1

    Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, / Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.

    Romeo·Romeo and Juliet·Act 5, Scene 3

    Also referencing death

    My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late!

    Juliet·Romeo and Juliet·Act 1, Scene 5

    A plague on both your houses!

    Mercutio·Romeo and Juliet·Act 3, Scene 1