I believe that Hamlet should decide to embrace life and take full advantage of the opportunities that life offers, which death could never give. As Hamlet weighs the pros and cons of suicide, I felt that the cons out weighed the pros; for example, “and in that death of sleep, what dreams may come?” Hamlet is asking a question that infers that dreams are wonderful and meant to be enjoyed. On the other hand, because death is an unknown, it is scary. It is unknown to Hamlet, whether death simply sends one into oblivion, is an eternal torture chamber, or a heavenly homeland. “But that the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns, puzzles the will and makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of?”
From my own life experiences, I have come to believe that one is never at the end of their rope, and that adversity is tough, but it is an opportunity to achieve greatness. Hamlet’s strongest argument against suicide is “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them, end them.” This sheds light on the truth that there is always light beyond the darkness, and hope beyond the despair.
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