In his second Soliloquy in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the main character Hamlet views the fear of death as the reason to why humans keep living. Hamlet discusses an existential question to why humans do not take their own lives, to which he answers that it is because people fear death. Moreover, life is a painful suffering that humans endure; thus they can easily retire from their hardships by killing themselves. However people are prevented by suicide, due to their conscience being unknown of what horrors they may face after death. Thus human beings perpetuate their contemplation until their death.
Hamlet presents the mode of suicide as a way to rest from the burdens of existence. He introduces this idea by saying: “To die,
Hamlet presents the mode of suicide as a way to rest from the burdens of existence. He introduces this idea by saying: “To die,