"(Don't) Be Hamlet"

Sometimes hardships and dilemmas send people to the border of insanity. This can eventually affect their abilities to make wise decisions and allow them to contemplate committing suicide. Hamlet was a living (figuratively speaking) example of such a scenario. In his soliloquy he describes his pain and frustrations on not being able to end his life fearing that he would go against God's will and at the same time if he were to continue with his life he might end up murdering his uncle/step-dad, which would end as a sin as well. From my point of view, I believe that in committing suicide he would only end up letting Claudius get his way. It's be a smarter, much wiser decision to actually keep his life and not be so cowardice.

Hamlet is not able to fully function because of the complexity of his situation. His dad just died, his uncle/step-dad is an evil man whom is to blame for his father's death and he's trying to satisfy God and not become a sinner. In his mind no choice would necessarily be the "easy way out". For him, if he decides to end with his life God will look down on him and not let him enter heaven, instead he'd be in a world of emptiness and nothingness. He expresses this by saying, "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come/ When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,/ Must give us pause." He isn't sure about what awaits him after he's dead and gone. On the other hand he's debating on keeping his life, knowing that if he does he'll end up murdering Claudius.

From my perspective, Hamlet would be a fool to commit suicide. He would not only let himself down, he would let his father down as well. He must remember why he is contemplating suicide instead of acting on that thought. His father's death won't be avenged or brought out to the public, if he does decide to kill himself. I think that in order to let his dad's soul rest in peace, he must stop thinking such ridiculous thoughts and actually do something that would help his cause. Hamlet doesn't have to kill the man, just let the public know what a wicked man he is and by that alone he could gain more than he ever imagined. He'd be the "bigger" man that the plebeians look up to.

Hamlet's considerations are dramatic and pointless. Instead of wasting his time on thinking about death he must help resolve the death of his father, that he so much admired. I think that all the actions that took place after his dad's murder, have driven him off the charts and turned him into a slightly psychotic man. That is why he is not capable of making wise decisions and is just trying to find an easy escape.