Why Does Hamlet Commit Suicide
In his famous soliloquy, Hamlet reasons himself out of committing suicide, in which he first acknowledges how a copious amount of complications and predicaments in life can potentially lure an individual into a tempting and appealing idea of death. Throughout his soliloquy, Hamlet appears to be in a constant conflict with himself, proving his insanity and inability to compile the right suitable decisions. He struggles to figure out whether to commit suicide to avoid this dilemma or to assassinate the murderer of Hamlet’s father, which both deeds prove to be worthy of damnation. Hamlet’s indecisive speech and nature influences the rest of his actions in the play due to his constant contemplations that results in poor decisions, that ignites
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Hamlet was required to focus solely on executing one deed since he was not in the best state of mind to plot a revenge scheme against King Claudius for the late Hamlet and to love Ophelia simultaneously. He considered attempting to perform both acts, but decided to finish avenging his father before focusing entirely on Ophelia afterwards. At the beginning of the soliloquy, he pointed out “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,” (Act 3. Scene 1. Lines 56-57). In a literal sense, he is wondering whether death is a more viable option than to compete and battle with the unfairness of life’s problems. To Hamlet, life’s problems are completely unfair due to the many decisions he must constantly consider; he wants to be with Ophelia more than anything, but he must avenge his own flesh and blood. In the later acts when Ophelia jumped to her death, Hamlet soon went into another state of pondering and regret since he chose to perform a task that consequently does not seem to be worth finishing. He exclaimed how “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love Make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her?” (Act 5. Scene 1. Lines 252-254). Hamlet really did love Ophelia and wished to once again be with her, but that opportunity to do so left. Hamlet was baffled with the problem of choosing two options; with one option committing suicide, he feels that he lost the fortuity to rekindle the love with Ophelia, causing him to reexamine whether enduring the unfairness of life’s problems is worth living for. To Hamlet, is it worth living knowing that the man that killed his own father is now king and technically both his uncle and his step-father? Is it worth
Hamlet was required to focus solely on executing one deed since he was not in the best state of mind to plot a revenge scheme against King Claudius for the late Hamlet and to love Ophelia simultaneously. He considered attempting to perform both acts, but decided to finish avenging his father before focusing entirely on Ophelia afterwards. At the beginning of the soliloquy, he pointed out “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,” (Act 3. Scene 1. Lines 56-57). In a literal sense, he is wondering whether death is a more viable option than to compete and battle with the unfairness of life’s problems. To Hamlet, life’s problems are completely unfair due to the many decisions he must constantly consider; he wants to be with Ophelia more than anything, but he must avenge his own flesh and blood. In the later acts when Ophelia jumped to her death, Hamlet soon went into another state of pondering and regret since he chose to perform a task that consequently does not seem to be worth finishing. He exclaimed how “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love Make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her?” (Act 5. Scene 1. Lines 252-254). Hamlet really did love Ophelia and wished to once again be with her, but that opportunity to do so left. Hamlet was baffled with the problem of choosing two options; with one option committing suicide, he feels that he lost the fortuity to rekindle the love with Ophelia, causing him to reexamine whether enduring the unfairness of life’s problems is worth living for. To Hamlet, is it worth living knowing that the man that killed his own father is now king and technically both his uncle and his step-father? Is it worth