SPCAM: Shakespearean Soliloquy Text Excerpt

58 bytes of text data containing the 'To be, or not to be' soliloquy from Shakespeare's Hamlet. The dataset was authored by Yung-Jen Chen and last updated on figshare in April 2026. Its minimal size suggests it is a single, short text passage.

Use Cases

• Textual analysis of Shakespeare's language and themes based on the provided soliloquy.
• Testing basic text processing or character encoding scripts on a known, short passage.
• Educational demonstrations of literary data handling using a famous, recognizable excerpt.

Strengths

• License is clearly defined as CC-BY-4.0, permitting open reuse.
• File format is simple TXT, ensuring broad compatibility.

Limitations

• Dataset is extremely small at 58 bytes, limiting its scope to a single text snippet.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Yung-Jen Chen

Collection Method

Likely manually extracted or compiled from a literary source.

Time Range

The text originates from the early 17th century; dataset publication date is 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 14:49:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

The work is English literature; geographic origin of the dataset is unknown.