Fear Of Life After Death In Hamlet's Soliloquy '

The fear of life after death is a major obstacle for Hamlet represented in his soliloquy found in Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Shakespeare uses Hamlet's soliloquy to clue the readers in on Hamlets emotional state by using connotations and painting images to set the tone; thus, helping to further the understanding of Hamlet's rambling thoughts, and how they contribute to his fear of life after death. At the beginning of Hamlet's soliloquy, Hamlet is contemplating suicide rather than suffering through life on earth, "To be, or not to be?" One of the most famous lines written shows Hamlets struggle with the decision of life or death. Hamlet's depressing tone is carried through the whole essay but in certain parts he manages to maintain a bit of optimism, "To die, to sleep – No more – and by a sleep to say we end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is to heir to -" Hamlet expresses that dying is just a sleep that ends all heartache that life on earth has to offer. If these assumptions were true then everybody should wish to achieve this, everybody should want to end their suffering by taking action and ending their own life. If dying

It exemplifies all the wonders a person may have about the afterlife and how these wonders contribute to one's state of mind causing them to be cowards, always afraid of what will happen next. At the end of the soliloquy Hamlet is able to sum up the point he is trying to get across that people must take actions to see results and not be too afraid of what is to come. The fear of the unknown and what is to come in life after death causes people to avoid carrying out actions. Actions meant to be carried often get misdirected and stop being actions at