Hamlet Case

its me and her yeah There are numerous instances in "Hamlet" where suicide is considered. The struggle between life and death consumes Hamlet throughout the entire play. He likes to play around with the thought of death throughout the whole play, but never commits the heinous act of suicide. In the "to be, or not to be" speech, Hamlet imagines death will be a welcome escape for the horrors of life. Hamlet suffers greatly from depression is apparent. His statement in Act I wishing that his "solid flesh would melt" is typical of severely depressed people. Death threads its way through the entirety of Hamlet, from the opening scene's confrontation with a dead man's ghost to the bloodbath of the final scene, which leaves almost every main character dead.

Suicide is an incredibly important theme in Hamlet, especially in regards to the character of Ophelia. "His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God ! O God!" Hamlet wants to kill himself but he knows that if he does, he will forever perish in Hell. He realizes that God says that suicide is a sin and that is what keeps him from committing this crime. Hamlet never does commit suicide despite his ongoing internal battle. Ophelia on the other hand does. Ophelia never does discussion the negative side of suicide. The reason that Ophelia commits this sinful crime and Hamlet does not, is because he analyzes the outcome and she does not. Ophelia was so nearly sad due to the loss of her brother and the death of her father, that she never even considered the possibility of life without them.