In Act 3, Scene 1 of Hamlet, Hamlet himself was contemplating killing himself. Many teenagers these days, at least in my own experience, have thought about it at least once. Things do become very overwhelming at times. Unfortunately for my class we had a classmate kill himself during our sophomore year, after that people thought a bit more about it themselves I believe. Hamlet speaks of the troubles he is facing, and the possibility of ending them all. He then goes on to speak of what would happen after death; what if “life after death” is worse

“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him…” Do we ever find ourselves realizing just how short and precious life really is? Once again Hamlet illustrates this often too well known feeling. The feeling of grief knowing that life is short, and also that you weren’t around to know of the death of an old acquaintance. Hamlet is commenting on the death of a court jester he had known in his youth, Yorick. In Act 5, Scene 1, Hamlet begins to recount different things that Yorick and he had done together, and how Yorick always made him cheerful. Do you ever find yourself reminiscing about past events, when times were a lot simpler and happier? Wishing that you could just jump through time and life like that forever? Many people at different times in their lives, or speaking to different people, or just an object or sound that reminds them of past relationships or events often begin to reminisce about it all. Hamlet also does this when this play was taking place.

than the life he is living now? What if there is no life, only eternal sleep, and in that sleep you have nightmares? What would be better, livi

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