Hamlet Accepting Death Essay

“Thou know’st ‘tis common; all that lives must die”~ Hamlet
With life comes death, it is inevitable for every person, creature and living organism. Some deaths are determined as insignificant, such as the death of a small ant, whereas others such as a loved one are mourned significantly. Very seldom does one reflect upon their own death and often one cannot accept death without having an idea of what happens after death. This answer is often provided by religion or the belief that death truly is the end. Very few people truly have to make the decision that will walk them into their death fully knowing death is certain. In the book “Hamlet” the main protagonist Hamlet is faced with avenging his father’s death. This revenge however comes with a price, being that he will face his own death. As he struggles with this knowledge his fate looms closer. Like Hamlet, when an individual is forced to peruse challenges that …show more content…
Within act five scene four Hamlet displays his self-loathing only to quickly set his mind on pursing his death and the death of his uncle “The imminent death of twenty thousand men, that for a fantasy and trick of fame, go to their graves like beds fight for a plot, where on the numbers cannot try the cause, which is not tomb enough and continent to hide the slain? Oh, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!” It is in this soliloquies that Hamlet affirms his death. However at this point he still doesn’t fully accept death, he knows it is coming but he is just trying to ignore its presents. The moment in which he finally does accept death does not come until he is on his death bed. In this scene he reverts back to religion pleasing for forgiveness and passage to heaven, “Give me the cup: let go; by heaven I’ll have it”. As he passes away he finally fully accepts and welcomes death into his mind and