The play analyzes the realm of death, asking whether it is more courageous for one to withstand to the tortures of life or die and fall into a realm of relative ambiguity. He goes on to compare death to sleep, as it will serve as anaesthesia to the tortures of the world. Further, he concludes that the fear fo death comes from the fear of ambiguity, as one knows little about what occurs after one dies, and this fear makes man a coward. This fear is what forces man to bear the miseries of life. Prior to the end of the soliloquy, Hamlet states “And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o 'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry,And lose the name of action.” (Act 3 Scene 1) which delineates how mankind’s fear of death causes them to avoid death (this is referred to as “action,”). This is similar to Hamlet’s dilemma in the novel of seeking revenge but never being able to force himself to attain his
The play analyzes the realm of death, asking whether it is more courageous for one to withstand to the tortures of life or die and fall into a realm of relative ambiguity. He goes on to compare death to sleep, as it will serve as anaesthesia to the tortures of the world. Further, he concludes that the fear fo death comes from the fear of ambiguity, as one knows little about what occurs after one dies, and this fear makes man a coward. This fear is what forces man to bear the miseries of life. Prior to the end of the soliloquy, Hamlet states “And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o 'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry,And lose the name of action.” (Act 3 Scene 1) which delineates how mankind’s fear of death causes them to avoid death (this is referred to as “action,”). This is similar to Hamlet’s dilemma in the novel of seeking revenge but never being able to force himself to attain his