FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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He is afraid to leave Ophelia.
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He is afraid to upset Gertrude.
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He is afraid that he will upset the Ghost.
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He is afraid of what eternity holds for him.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Even though he always thinks that there is no reason for him to stay alive, however he always chooses to stay. The first reason Hamlet seems to contemplate suicide is because his life is contaminated by sins and revenge. The other reason he is thinking about suicide is because he is young and immature.
Detailed explanation-2: -Essay on Tragedy in William Shakespeare´s Hamlet Hamlet recognizes that suicide is a sin in the eyes of God, so consequently wishes that he could simply cease to exist.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both Hamlet and Claudius fear death and what comes after because they do not want to end up tormented for any sins they committed while alive. Fear is something everyone feels eventually.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is Hamlet afraid will happen in the “sleep” (line 72) of death? Hamlet is afraid that if “to die” is “to sleep” (line 72), then one may also “dream” (line 73), or experience a different kind of existence after death. Hamlet is worried about “what dreams may come” (line 74), or what life there is after death.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet’s grief and misery is such that he frequently longs for death to end his suffering, but he fears that if he commits suicide, he will be consigned to eternal suffering in hell because of the Christian religion’s prohibition of suicide.