In this soliloquy by Hamlet, the sadness and feelings of inadequacy hit Hamlet the hardest. There is a sense that he feels completely powerless, and therefore cannot think of any solution but to end his own life. He feels his life is no longer worth living and feels that to continue to live is to suffer. He mentions that he suffers from “outrageous fortune”, which evokes a sense of self-pity. Hamlet thinks that his life is outrageously bad and that if anyone would be justified in suicide it would be him. This shows several character traits of Hamlet that are indicative of his actions throughout the play. The first is that he is melodramatic and overly emotional. He is unable for large sections of the story to think logically and rationally. …show more content…
He is unable to put the events of the play into some sort of larger perspective, and by making it the end of the world, it becomes the end of his. The second key trait of Hamlet displayed keenly in this soliloquy is narcissism. Although his main purpose is to avenge his father, he never acknowledges how his father’s death might have affected anyone else. He tramples over the feelings of Ophelia, is dismissive of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and only Horatio is useful to him as a yes man. He wants no one around him who is not constantly focused on him, his feelings, and his ultimate goal of slaying Claudius. The third trait shown is one prominently displayed in every scene containing Hamlet. His cowardice shows through even his strongest emotions. He ultimately refrains from suicide not because of common sense, or even his larger goal of revenge, but because he was scared. He was afraid that whatever came after death would somehow be worse, so he “Lost the name of