Life And Death In Hamlet's First Soliloquy '

“To be or not to be-that is the question”(3.1.64) Hamlet character is faced with the question of life or death through this whole work. All of the challenges he faces bring him back to this same question is death an easy escape route to this grim life on earth. Hamlet soon come to realize that death may not be as pleasant as he wishes it to be. After contemplating what the afterlife would be he is soon to perceive that there is so much that is unknown. Death could be the unthinkable, something so horrifying as being trapped in an endless nightmare. Hamlet 's fear of death hold him back keeping him stuck in a unsatisfying life. Eventually death becomes accepted and is no longer a problem, Hamlet would rather die than be know as a coward. This

Hamlet is in mourning of the death of his father and he is devastated which draws him into pondering death. Hamlets understanding of death is certainly unclear from the beginning. He wishes to end his life in promise of better things, and being more pure. Until he starts to speculate about the gods seeing suicide as a sin. Once he realises he must suffer in this human world he turns his sorrow into anger towards his mother. He feels betrayed and as if there is no reason left to live. He sees his mother as weak and foolish for marrying his uncle Claudius only two months after his father 's death. Hamlet states: “Frailty thy name is woman!”(1.2.150). He knew how much his father loved his mother and is stunned at the fact she can marry someone so inferior. Hamlet states: “So excellent a king, that was to this/ Hyperion to a satyr”(1.2.143-144). This shows how little Hamlet actually thought of

Where do we go? What is in the afterlife? Is this life on earth though miserable, better than the life after? These are all questions that Hamlet pounders in his mind. Hamlet 's first six words produce a balance “To be or not to be”(3.1.64). This balance is to live or to die. Death can be empowering just as life can be a lack of power. Hamlet eliminates the fear of the unknown that comes with death. Death is almost the perfect closure, but there 's a catch. Death is like a long sleep, but dreaming come with sleep and we can’t control our dreams. This shifts our thoughts and direction of thinking. Hamlet takes a moment to reconsider. If the life after death is unknown, and could be worse than life, then death is a very scary thought. Dying is like crossing a fine line from known to the unknown. One could get lost in such an unknown place, and shall never return. Hamlet makes it implied that there are indescribable horrors. “Thus conscience does make cowards of us all” (3.1.91). This sentence is probably one of the most important sentences in this soliloquy. According to god it is a sin to take one 's life and if that’s added to the unknown after death the fear becomes greatly