The monologue presents his philosophical debate on the advantages and disadvantages of existence and whether it is one's right to end his or her own life: "To die, to sleep- No more, and by a sleep to say we end/Devoutly to be wished to die to sleep!... From my point of view, I am sure that Hamlet realizes that suicide is condemned by the Church as a mortal sin, but his fears and endless questions make me wonder if he himself doesn't want to commit suicide in order to escape the duty of avenging his father for he doesn't want to become a murderer and to be a traitor to the ...
This is the most famous soliloquy from the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, a line where Hamlet is asking himself whether he should attempt suicide. ... According to a passage by Theodore Spencer, "he has grown, psychologically and philosophically, so that he can think of the problem more universally" (Spencer). ... Throughout the play, death occurs; Hamlet murders Polonius and Ophelia commits suicide by drowning herself in the river. ...
He is the prince of philosophical speculators; and because he cannot have his revenge perfect, according to the most refined idea his wish can form, he declines it altogether. ... At the end of the play, Horatio wishes to commit suicide to join Hamlet in death but Hamlet convinces him to live so he can tell his story, restoring Hamlet's name. ...