Death is present throughout Hamlet, from his father's death to suicide to the abundance of murders, accidental and malicious. Although he never kills himself, Hamlet contemplates suicide throughout the play, most apparently in his "to be or not to be" speech. The easiness with which death is approached by many of the characters seems to be related to the level of their madness. The further Hamlet becomes immersed in his mad revenge, the more he contemplates suicide, and the less he is effected by the deaths around him. When he accidentally kills Polonius Hamlet is oddly unaffected and continues on his rampage against the king without pause. Ophelia is one of the most sane throughout the play up until her fathers death, and never talks about suicide until she goes mad and drowns herself.
I'm not sure how to go about writing about this but I think it's Shakespeare takes an interesting approach to the subject.
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