The Character of Hamlet

HAMLET RESPONSE An optimist is a person who usually expects a favorable outcome, they think positively about things. A Pessimist is the complete opposite , a pessimist has a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view of things. I believe that Hamlet is a pessimist because of what he says and what he thinks of life, as he explains in the soliloquy , “When he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear”. This quote shows that Hamlet is thinking about the easier way out of despair by killing himself , instead of confronting the problems that are making his life miserable. My opinion on putting up with life is basically this, don't put up with it , you should change or try to avoid whatever is making your life miserable , take action because you don't want to simply “put up” with life, you want to live life and enjoy it with the least amount of problems possible. Now on contemplating suicide, this is an issue that a lot of people have dealt with, I have personally thought about it. You think about how crappy life is, if there is any real reason for you to be on this planet, and if it will get better. It is a stupid thing to think of , because of course it will get better and of course we all have a reason to live, we all just don't know that reason yet. Also when contemplating

suicide most people think about if they do do it how is the afterlife going to be. Is it going to be happy and peaceful ? Or just more crap and misery? This is highly based on what religion you believe in, but the way I see it is when you die you are basically just going into an internal sleep and you would not want to go to sleep angry and full of misery because most likely your dreams will be nightmares. So you should live your life with the least amount of problems and most amount of fun , so you die happily in peace and have good dreams instead of nightmares in your internal sleep.