Topic > Death: Comparing Hamlet to My Personal Experience

As we live our lives, we don't really take the time to stop and take note of the little things that happen around us. We don't ask ourselves why the sky is blue or why the sun rises. These are questions we can easily search and find the answer to. What challenges the mind the most in my opinion is complete uncertainty. When there is no definitive answer, you have to paint your own picture of what you think it will be. The fascinating question, “How can I accept the idea that one day my life will end” is sure to make your mind race in a million different directions. Hamlet found himself facing death when he states in his soliloquy that "To die, to sleep. to sleep, perhaps to dream... yes, that is the question, for in that sleep of death what dreams can come" (Act 3, scene 1) This is his way of accepting the fact that death is certain and inevitable. I can honestly say that I am still in the disconcerting process of accepting the matter myself dear person. Mortified and deeply filled with sadness I felt the same way as Ham...