In Act 5 of the play, Hamlet reveals a new understanding of life and death. He reveals that while he used to worry about his fate and used to try to control everything in his life. But he realizes what will be, will be. Hamlet spends so much of the play contemplating how he feels, making plans, justifying and complaining about his lack of action. But after his being sent to England and his subsequent discovery of the King's command for his death and his dealings with the pirates, he realizes that he can't control every aspect of his life. He specifically says "there is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will," and what he means is that even though we try to shape our lives in the end it's all up to fate. This makes Hamlet