Suicidal Tendencies In Hamlet

Hamlet’s suicidal tendencies reflect his ferocity towards the corrupt world around him. After finding out about the incident with his father, he says,” O, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt/ Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew”, meaning that he would want his flesh to melt and dissolve because of the circumstances (I.ii.129-130). Since his uncle killed his father, Hamlet’s life has been a traumatic experience. No longer can he trust anybody, no longer can he rely on others for help, and no longer can he feel safe and loved, all because of his father’s death and his mother’s relationship with his uncle. He starts talking about killing himself because of how corrupt the world he lives in has become, yet killing himself would be a sin, so there’s conflict in Hamlet’s mind on what to do. Hamlet becomes upset and irritable with himself throughout the play. In his soliloquy in Act 2, he states, “Now I am alone” meaning that the audience will have a clear look inside of Hamlet’s head to what he is thinking about himself (II.ii. 525). If someone else was present, he would manipulate his words to confuse other characters. He
Hamlet first clashed with his inability to kill the king in act one, saying, “The time is out of joint. O cursed spite,/ That I ever was born to set it right”, meaning that he starts to think that he doesn’t want to kill Claudius and wonders how he came to be stuck with completing the act (I.v. 189-190). Hamlet delays killing Claudius again after his version of the play, saying “Now could I drink hot blood/ And do such bitter business as the bitter day/ Would quake to look on. Soft, now to my mother”, which shows that Hamlet is procrastinating his uncle’s death by having to talk with his mother (III.ii. 365-367). Hamlet says that he’s ready to kill Claudius, but then changes his mind, saying that talking to his mother is more