Coping with the death of a parent is complicated, especially when you have suspicions that your parent was murdered by his brother. Sometimes it is harder for some people to come to terms with a death than others. In Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Hamlet contemplates whether or not to keep living or to end his suffering. What stops him is the idea that the afterlife is unknown and he cannot be sure he will in fact escape his suffering when he kills himself. Going through life with so much sadness is not “living”, it is merely existing, going through the motions of every day life. There is no point in being alive if you refuse to “live”. Whether to live or die is one of the most difficult decisions one makes everyday, but it is never as evident as when there seems to be no other questions in mind. Hamlet's suspicions could potentially be the death of him, at this juncture of the play it death will come upon him either by his hand or someone else's. Hamlet should deny the satisfaction of having killed him and just commit suicide after killing Claudius. Analyzing the play and the characters the conclusion that Hamlet should “not be” is clear and precise.
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