that this too too solid flesh would melt … all the uses of this world.” (I, ii, 129-135) Hamlet’s life no longer serves any value to him. He longs for death, wishing that he could end his own life without being doomed to an eternity in hell. This feeling lingers in his mind throughout most of the play, as in Hamlet’s fourth soliloquy it is believed he is debating killing himself as he ponders approaches that would not leave him at fault for his death; “Whether t’is nobler in the mind … and by opposing, end them?” (III, i, 57-60) Meanwhile, he also fears death as many of us today still do. Upon meeting his father’s apparition and learning of his unnatural murder, he is introduced to a new factor of death that was not considered before: purgatory. “Thou poor ghost.” (I, v, 97) Hamlet pities his father, as he was murdered and was not given the chance to pray.
Hamlet begins by contemplating suicide, questioning the metaphysics of the after-life, later proclaiming that death is the greatest equalizer and then realizes one cannot escape their inevitable fate. In the beginning of the play, the contemplation of death appears to Hamlet in the form of suicide. Hamlet is undergoing the hardships and hopelessness of his life and begins to accept that suicide is the ultimate defence against life’s troubles. To express his profound, depressed grief, Hamlet announces his first self-proclaimed thoughts of despair in his soliloquy, “O, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt.” Hamlet believes that if he were to kill himself, he would “sleep”, and by sleeping terminate “the heartache and thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to...” (III, i, 61-62). Hamlet ponders what an improvement his life would be without his grief.
Is it your depression that’s the struggle throughout your life after your father’s death? According to you, explain exactly what you consider struggles of depression. Here you have a young man seeks the death of his close father. Depression seems as the only obvious mistress to fault for the young man actions. Evidently, here Hamlet says “If only my too solid flesh would melt thaw and turn itself into dew; or that the Almighty had not prohibited suicide!
"Nature seems dead and wicked dreams abuse/ The curtained sleep." [II.1.62] Macbeth is describing how he feels that his decision to kill Duncan is already haunting him, and that the world seems skewed because of it. He worries that "wicked dreams abuse the curtained sleep," or that his dark and murderous thoughts are disturbing his own rest. Macbeth is talking about sleep as something precious, peaceful, and sought after, which is evident because of how worried he is; he wants an uninterrupted period of rest, but he is afraid that it'll be out of his reach if he kills Duncan. Once he actually kills Duncan, Macbeth starts hearing voices inside his head: "Sleep no more!/Macbeth does murder sleepthe innocent sleep,/ Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care/, The death of each day's life..." [II.
Again, he contemplates suicide as a way to escape his misery: “To die, to sleep; to sleep, perchance to dream-ay, there’s the rub! For in that sleep what dreams may come…”. If Hamlet could just sleep without dreaming, he would like to take his own life but the mystery of what comes next keeps him from acting on it. He also questions his own honor in living with the hardships of life opposed to dying young and avoiding life’s challenges. He speculates that perhaps we all choose life because of the uncertainty and mystery of death.
Hamlet's moral struggle for revenge becomes an obsession causing a change in his character. Hamlet goes so far as to feigned madness in order to achieve his revenge here he is speaking to Marcellus and Horatio saying, ” To put and antic disposition on- That you, at such times seeing me, never shall," (Shakespeare 1379) which foreshadows a change in Hamlet’s character. For Hamlet to get revenge he must change the way he acts in doing so he starts to struggle with everything else in his life like his relationships with Ophiela, and Gertrude. When seeing his father's ghost, he unquestionably accepts all he hears as truth, but doesn't act on it until he can verify it in some way. His organization of the players' performance of "The Murder of Gonzago" shows this well; only after seeing Claudius' reaction to the play does he prepare to act on the Ghost's plea for revenge.
Is it noble to put up with the struggles and the difficulties in life or simply ending them all at once by dying? His questions are left to be answered by himself. Hamlet compares that sleeping is similar to dying because it ends all the heartache and shocks that life consists of. To be able to sleep is to also to dream by putting aside the commotion and stress of life behind an individual. Hamlet’s speech reveals his in depth on the idea of suicide and death.
The troubles are hidden in Macbeth and are deteriorating him slowly and painfully, “And yet I would not sleep”(Shakespeare, II, I,8), to explain the consequences he faces now that he is a murderer. In explanation, a conscience, being a representation of the separation between right or wrong will play a role in Macbeth that will haunt him as soon as he closes his eyes. He will not be Norris, page #2 able to lighten the pain because of what he has done. Next, sleep would normally be the time to allow someone’s mind to relax and free itself of sins. Macbeth cannot be at rest without a haunting in his mind.
Should he make himself feel better with revenge or with honor. The third soliloquy shows how Hamlet realizes that his conflicts in his mind cause his indecision and personal turmoil. By not having resolved these conflict he feels makes him weak. To become strong he decides to follow the path that kills his Uncle. Having resolved on a negative path he now is deciding on weather to live with himself or not, that is to end his own life rather than suffer a painful existence.
Due to his indecisiveness on making key decisions, Hamlet suffers from the tragic flaw of procrastination. Hamlet procrastinated with his revenge of his father’s death, prioritizing his love for Ophelia, and his decisions on deciding to make the kill. Hamlet was procrastinating with his revenge of his father’s death because he was too indecisive on when and how he was going to do it also whether or not the ghost was right. Prioritizing his love for Ophelia, Hamlet did not show his love to Ophelia until she was just a cold, dead corpse being put 6 feet under. Finally Hamlet had the perfect opportunity to get his revenge and yet again his indecisiveness is getting the best of him.