Hamlet State Of Mind Analysis

"For who would bear the whips and scorn of time,//When he himself might his quietus make/ With a bare bodkin?" (Hamlet, line 77-83) I choose to use this as my critical quote because I feel it best defines hamlet 's state of mind in his soliloquy. In this quote he explains that one would want to die to end the hardships of life, using his own hardships as an example. This connection to himself is actually the only one there is to suggest Hamlet is indeed referring to his own emotions. In the soliloquy he never refers to himself, in fact in this quote is the only time he refers to an individual person through his use of "he himself," otherwise he keeps his dialogue completely theoretical. The audience can then assume that Hamlet is trying to separate himself from these ideas to deny that he would ever consider something such as suicide. Which is another noun he does not use in order to separate himself from the concept.
Comment on a character’s choices. Do they seem to be leading to an inevitable end? In this scene, Hamlet encounters Ophelia and argues with her. …show more content…
In his "To be or not to be" soliloquy Hamlet questions existence, wondering whether it is nobler to bare pain or declare war, causing death. Death, which is as simple as sleep and would end all suffering. Yet, the problem is that in death our dreams can never come true. It is what causes the calamity of a long life. In long life one face tyrants, contempt of proud men, rejected love, insolence of fake authority, and the worst people taking advantage of the best. All of which could be ended with a knife. Who would put up with this suffering if it weren 't for the fear of what is to come after death. Thinking about 'it ' makes one cowardly, and the thought of ending one 's life is ended by reflecting on it. And great plans are diluted to the point that action is never