Essay On The Moment Of Truth In Hamlet

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To Understand Or Not To Understand?

Life after someone's sudden death can be the moment of truth. In William Shakespeare “Hamlet” we see tragedy in such detail from start to end. After King Hamlet’s death nothing is the same for the prince. Then he has to deal with his mother the Queen getting re-married with his uncle, also dealing with his beloved Ophelia's passing and friends betrayal. Hamlet is a tragic tale of despair and being unable to control what is happening around you.
Hamlet's father's passing had a very bad effect on him, causing him to put everything in perspective. King Hamlet’s ghost unveils that he didn’t die he was murdered by his brother. Prince Hamlet has to take the information given to him by the ghost asking him to
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He contemplates killing himself if life is worth all the suffering he has endured.
Hamlet speaks out loud about life and death and how he puts everything in perspective.
“To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer, The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles”(III.I.63). This quote is a piece of the soliloquy which is one of the most famous in “Hamlet” that’s very widely known.
He doesn’t kill himself but he has a revelation about life and his suffering.Hamlet realizes that suffering is better than dying and going to the unknown.
The author wants to communicate that Hamlet’s life up to his father’s death has him spiraling to a tragic end. The reader learns that Hamlet has self doubt and has to deal with lies and suffering by seeing those he loves passing. “Hamlet” is a tragic play which a prince who has to live life in suffering after a drastic change in his life is made, he deals with what life is throwing at him, more and more things happen to him and those who mean something to him. Hamlet suffers heartache seeing those he loves and dying in a tragic duel while still being able to take revenge on his father’s