Hamlet

Hamlet

1. "To be or not to be—that is the question"

   • Death Speech

2. Suicide

   • riding himself of heartache and turmoil
   • in death - a small sleep- have nightmares for an eternity
     • fear of the afterlife
   • dream vs nightmare
     • he might achieve his dream in heaven from his death

3. rather die as opposed to living as a coward

   • Hamlet does not know what comes after

4. He regards himself as a servent

   • the fear of death should be accepted
     • contemplating what is the right thing to do

5. But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns, puzzles the will

   • contemplating death

6. Connection

   • to self: the chance of doing something/ sacrificing for uncertain results.
   • HAMLET IS DUNCAN?
     • decision to kill