Be Hamlet

     There are no troubles that are worth ending your life over.  Although life might seem tiresome and difficult at times, these trials will eventually end.  Think of all the happiness and joy that life can bring.  These benefits of living a full life by far outweigh the alternative of suicide.
    
     As demonstrated in his "To be, or not to be…." soliloquy, Hamlet is obviously troubled.  The knowledge that it in fact was his uncle who killed his beloved father proved to be overwhelming, so much so that Hamlet is considering taking his own life.  "To die, to sleep -- no more -- and by a sleep to say we end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to -- 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished!"  In this quote, Hamlet explains that dying is like a sleep that ends all of the heartaches and shocks that life on earth gives us.  These said shocks include the knowledge of how his father really died.

     Hamlet has mentioned before that it is a sin to commit suicide, which is why he has not attempted to commit the act before.  Therefore, he should hold to these Christian beliefs.  Although he is troubled and lost about whether or not he should seek revenge on his uncle and if so in what form, this trial will eventually pass.  He is looking at the immediate results and the not the long-term result.  "For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?"  This is where Hamlet begins to doubt his thoughts of committing suicide.  He knows that no one would willingly endure the trials of life, so it must not be as easy as it seems to end his life just like that.

     This soliloquy shows that Hamlet himself is unsure of what to do with his constant switching sides.  Life is not worth ending.  Thinking of the future, Hamlet could accomplish so much for his country if he just endured his present struggles and left his thoughts of suicide behind.