Hamlet What Happens After We Die Analysis

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet talks about death quite a lot. He mentions that death is an equalizer: “[W]e fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots.Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service—two dishes, but to one table.That’s the end” (4.3.24-27) This quote shows that Hamlet thinks that no matter how rich or poor you are, in the end, everyone faces death and being rich and poor doesn’t change this fact. Death makes everyone equal because when you die, you are nothing more than bones and flesh. Furthermore, Hamlet is also religious and he believes in heaven and hell. When Claudius asks Hamlet where Polonius’ dead body is, he responds with ”In heaven. Send thither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him in the other place yourself”(4.3.36-38). He is toying with Claudius by telling him where he believes Polonius went after he died: heaven or hell. Also, when he finds Claudius alone in his …show more content…
As a Christian, my belief about mortality is that after we die, we ascend to heaven where God is. I consider my life on Earth a short trip and all the things that I gain from this world will be gone after I die because you can’t bring your money and property into your coffin or heaven with you. After I die, I will be at the heaven forever and live another life. In addition, everyone has something special or unique about them and each and one of us are different. I think that the meaning of life is to find that uniqueness inside and use it to be a blessing to the people around us and to the rest of the world. Hamlet thinks that we live differently but death is the same to all of us. Both Hamlet and I believe in the Christian version of afterlife: Heaven and Hell. However, there is still meaning and purpose for living. “The meaning of life is to find your gift and the purpose of life is to give it away.” ---Pablo