Throughout the play, major themes are weaved into the play to show how shakespeare viewed the society he lived in. The seven deadly sins is used in the play to show how each sin can poison a life until the person loses their life. Doubt is also used to give reasoning behind the characters thoughts and actions. Revenge is also a major theme of the play. Overall, multiple themes make the plot come together at the end. The seven deadly sins play a major role in breaking apart the “perfect characters” as they are first thought to be. “How came he dead? Ill not be judged with. To hell, allegiance! Vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point i stand that both the worlds i give negligence. Let come what comes, only
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“To take him in the purging of his soul when he is fit and season'd for his passage? No.” (Act 3, scene 3) Hamlet's doubt on when he should take Claudius’s life stops his plans until he can catch Claudius in sin. Allowing him to die after cleansing himself of all his sins would allow him to go to heaven, but Hamlet wants to send Claudius to hell for the murder of his father. “To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end, The heartache and the thousand natural shocks, that flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation, devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep.” ( Act 3, scene 1) Hamlet questions whether he should just commit suicide and end his suffering after he compares death to just being asleep. Hamlet's doubt of whether there is an afterlife stops him from ending his life. As a result of his hesitation and doubt, he ultimately lost his life instead of taking the chance to kill claudius and end it
“To take him in the purging of his soul when he is fit and season'd for his passage? No.” (Act 3, scene 3) Hamlet's doubt on when he should take Claudius’s life stops his plans until he can catch Claudius in sin. Allowing him to die after cleansing himself of all his sins would allow him to go to heaven, but Hamlet wants to send Claudius to hell for the murder of his father. “To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end, The heartache and the thousand natural shocks, that flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation, devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep.” ( Act 3, scene 1) Hamlet questions whether he should just commit suicide and end his suffering after he compares death to just being asleep. Hamlet's doubt of whether there is an afterlife stops him from ending his life. As a result of his hesitation and doubt, he ultimately lost his life instead of taking the chance to kill claudius and end it