Topic > The Benefits of Suicide in Shakespeare's "Hamlet"

At this time, Hamlet discovers the truth, that is, how his father, King Hamlet, really died. «It is well known that, while I was sleeping in my orchard, a snake stung me. So the whole ear of Denmark was brutally abused due to a counterfeit trial of my death. But know, noble youth, the serpent that stung your father's life now wears his crown. Hamlet was shocked to hear this news and continued to listen to what else his father had to say. As the night drew to a close, King Hamlet turned to Hamlet not to corrupt his mind or hurt his mother and King Hamlet left, saying, "Remember me." Then, Hamlet bellows: “Do you remember? Yes, poor ghost, while memory occupies a place in this distracting orb. Remember yourself. Yes, from the table of my memory I will erase all the futile fond memories, all the book saws, all the forms, all the past pressures that youth and observation there copied, and your commandment all alone will live in the book and in the volume of my brain." In translation, the meaning of Hamlet's outburst is that he will remember his father's commandment while he has the power of memory in his distracted head. Furthermore, Hamlet will erase all his trivial and senseless information or memories and keep in his he only tests his father's commandment. Hamlet is upset and angry with his murderous uncle, Claudius, and with Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, he wants to avenge his father and make Claudius pay for the sins he has committed.