Hamlet: The Importance Of Having A Purpose

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet shows the importance of having a purpose in your life. My cousin did not see how what he was doing in school would help him with his future. He had a plan to work for a few years after graduation and save up some money so he could buy a ranch. He had a plan. Now he has lost his dream of being a rancher because he has no money. He has no direction in his life, he parties all the time and lives in our grandparent’s basement. Having a purpose is important in our lives because it gives us a reason to seek after what we want. We need to know who we are and what we strive for.. When a person finds their purpose in life helps to gives their life more importance. When there is no purpose everyday seems the same: wake up, work, eat, sleep, repeat. When a person has a purpose, your psychological and physical health will be better. Purpose may help to keep …show more content…
Purpose may help to keep conditions such as depression and other illnesses at bay, which could potentially lead to drugs, overdoses and suicide. Ophelia seems to go mad as well. She did not have a purpose either. She did not know herself. Ophelia went through her life doing as she pleased but did not really have an end goal. When she seemingly kills herself it proves to the readers that a lack of goals affects the way that people live their lives. If Hamlet lived in modern times, he might have turned to drugs.
To have a safe, successful life, it is essential to have goals and to have a purpose, because without a purpose, it is common to lose sight of our goals. It is important to have goals to stay healthy, purpose serves to teach us who we are, what we want and how we will go about getting it. Unlike my cousin, I have a plan in sight and I am capable of achieving my goals. I know who I am and what I believe. Knowing who I am is very important to staying on track to getting what I