Hamlet Moral Philosophy Essay

Throughout Hamlet there is a moral contravene in regards to suicide. As the events of the play unfold Hamlet finds himself pondering whether or not conduct is worth living in such a rheumy world. Uncertainty keeps Hamlet from ending the pain of life, as well as his desire for revenge on Claudius.Periodically throughout the play Hamlet pelf to contemplate his mortality and ending his life. Hamlet does this in his soliloquies, often about whatever event is happening right then as well as, as is his melancholic nature, thinking about whether life is worth living. In the famous to be, or not to be(3.1.56) speech, Hamlet is literally weighing the options between to be, or to brisk, or not to be, to die, and in the end he finds that the uncertainty of death makes calamity of so long life(3.1.69). Speeches like this and others throughout the play argon prompted by Hamlets distress at all of the conflicts going on around him. These speeches be Hamlets innermost thoughts and so are inte nded for Hamlet as they are his reflection on the moral conflict he is facing. Hamlets soliloquies reflect his inner conflict as he reflects upon whether or not he should end his life and his suffering or live and continue to suffer through his pain.In Hamlets soliloquy in Act 3 Scene 1, or the to be, or not to be speech, Hamlet uses various rhetorical techniques to judge whether he should live or die. He uses imagery in this speech such as The oppressors wrong, the proud mans contumely (3.1.71) to illustrate the pains which whitethorn be felt in the sleep of death which he is considering. Hamlet also uses repetition throughout the speech to emphasize his conflict between life and death, particular in reference to sleep as he says To die, to sleep (3.1.60&64), he does this to highlight his uncertainty at the idea of death, or what may be lurking thereafter, what dreams may come(3.1.66). Hamlets perspective on this moral conflict changes as he finds purpose in his revenge against Cla udius and begins to see his syllabus come to fruition. In the beginning of the play, Hamlet seems to be contemplating suicide whereas at the end, Hamlet wants to live to see his revenge against Claudius completed.