If I were Hamlet I would stop contemplating about suicide and simply live. Hamlet has a lot of unfinished business to take care of before he can give up.
First of all Hamlet must settle the score with his uncle. The ghost of his father came to Hamlet and told him to avenge him. It is Hamlet’s priority to make sure that he fulfills his father’s final request.
It would also be unwise of Hamlet to kill himself because just like in The Death of a Salesman, suicide doesn’t have to be the way out. Hamlet is troubled with the fact that it is a sin to commit suicide. If Hamlet does so he will burn. In the words of Hamlet, it would be wise to work with what he has, rather than cope with what he knows no of.
Lastly, if Hamlet did kill himself he would be letting down all of his people. We must remember that Hamlet is a prince, who is next in line to rule the people of Denmark. If Hamlet wasn’t there to make sure Claudius behaves who knows what would become of his land. The future would be grim without Hamlet. For the sake of his mother and his people he needs to commit to his father’s wishes.
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