![]() When Hamlet is set up and spied on by Claudius and Polonius, he examines the moral aspect of suicide in a painful world. For the first time, we are introduced to the idea of suicide which will continue to present itself as the play develops. ![]() In one of the final lines of the soliloquy Hamlet comments on how the marriage is a bad omen for Denmark, “It is not, nor it cannot come to good”, (act 1 scene 2 page 6). ![]() He continues to express his dislike and hatred for Claudius calling him a “satyr,’ while praising his father and saying how excellent of a king his father was. Hamlet is troubled by his mother’s marriage to Claudius, but especially how quickly the two were married after his father’s death. Hamlet then provides us with the roots for his pain and the reason for his contemplation of suicide. Hamlet considers suicide as a possible option of escape from his life in a painful world but feels as though religion is preventing him from doing so. ![]() ![]() Hamlet continues on and almost complains about the state of the world, calling it stale, flat, and unprofitable, showing how truly miserable he is. ![]()
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