God, the Holy Spirit, the Divine Being, He controls fate before and after death. ... This uncertainty as to what comes after life causes great anguish and despair in the conscious being. ... However, the nescience of what comes after death, "puzzles the will, and makes [Hamlet] bear those ills [he has]"" (3.1.81-82). ... These thoughts are not only about life and death but also about the immorality of inaction versus action. ... In conclusion, Hamlet's fear of death is what keeps him from taking his own life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

At key moments of crisis in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hamlet speaks of the nature of life, death, and meaning; those discussions suggest that to have meaning in life you must give it to yourself. ... In this passage Hamlet is still talking about that death he wishes to impose on himself. ... Hamlet knows that death couldn't possibly worse than the burden of life. ... He knows that it is a very ignoble thing to do: "That patient merit of the unworthy takes" He is saying that people who kill themselves are unworthy of a good existence after life. ... Who would fardels b...

• Word Count: 1407
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Life cannot be the same for every person for the fact that everyone's life is different and unpredictable. ... One of them ends up reading the letter, which tells of the sentencing of Hamlet's death. ... It is as if they "for see- their death happening. Just right after entering Hamlet, Rosencrantz feels so uneasy that he states, "I want to go home- (Stoppard 38). ... This is just after the entrance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who start talking to the Player before Hamlet's exit/entrance. ...

• Word Count: 2396
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School