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Consummation
It has been argued (by Hunter Kellenberg) that the Q2 spelling 'consumation', from 'to consume' or 'reduce to nothing', is more likely to be Shakespeare's meaning because if 'to be' is 'to suffer' then 'not to be' is surely the thing 'to be wished', whereas "consummation" implies a completion or perfection of ones being. The two words were homophonic and often confused and Kellenburg regards the implications of "consummation" as deliberate but secondary to the primary meaning which is "consumation". 'Consummation' does not appear in printed editions of Shakespeare's plays until the First Folio (i.e. after his death) resemblance of this section of the speech to Florio's translation of Montaigne's essay 'On Physiognomy' quoting Plato's Apology has also been noted: This part of the speech bears clear similarity to a passage of Montaigne's Essay On Physiognomy quoting Socrates' words in Plato's Apology: