Hamlet, Act I

I decided, for Act 1, to discuss the struggles Hamlet goes through after the death of his father and how he tries to deal with his pain and anger:

Hamlet is so upset by his father’s death, that he too wishes to die. He feels as if he is an unlucky person stating that “O, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into dew" in Act 1, scene ii, lines 133-134. Hamlet seems to hope that if he was to die, then he would become cleansed and just be done with everything and forget about all the bad stuff in his life. Hamlet also realizes that committing suicide would be considered a sin in the eyes of the “Everlasting” God (Act 1, scene ii line 135) who with hall this “canon ‘gainst self slaughter! line 136) would prevent him from reaching heaven and would be considered evil in the eyes of God and would therefore go to hell.