so repugnant the life has no meaning for him. But Hamlet does not kill himself, he finds a reason not to; Or that the Everlasting had not fixed -- His cannon gainst self- slaughter!( I ii, 131-32) he explains. Hamlet fears damnation, he will not kill himself because it is a mortal sin allowing no possibility for salvation. Hamlet also express the same feelings when he says: To die, to sleep No more and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to. ( III I, 61-64) Again suicide was in his mind, and again he found an excuse no to further his thoughts. But that the drear of something after death, - - The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns, puzzles the will. ( III I, 179-181) The fear of what will happen after death deters him. Hamlet also fails to take any significant action in many other occasions. He does not kill Claudius immediately after the apparition of the Ghost, in which he discovered that his father was really murdered by him. The spirit that I have seen -- May be the devil( II ii, 599-600 ) Hamlet subconsciously finds a reason not to act by doubting the validity and origin of the apparition. Hamlet encounters another chance to kill Claudius. It is after a play, set up by Hamlet to verify Claudius guilt. Claudius clearly expresses his guilt by standing up as the murder of Hamlets father was reenacted. Now Hamlet is absolutely certain that Claudius is the perpetrator of the most foul and unusual murder. But Hamlet finds yet another reason to postpone his deed. When he is drunk asleep, r in his rage, Or in th incestuous pleasure of his bed, At game a-swearing, or about some act That has no relish of salvation in t Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven, And that his soul may be as damned and black As hell, whereto it goes.( III iv, 89-95) Claudius is in a chapel, apparently praying; therefore Hamlet hesitates killing him because at this moment he...
