Fear as a Motivator in Hamlet

One reason that Shakespeare’s writing is so brilliant and timeless is that he has a knack for subtly portraying the things that everyone can realize, without needing to have his characters voice them directly. He realizes that fear is the greatest motivator of humankind, and that fear of the unknown has always been prevalent. There is no greater unknown than death, because it is truly the final frontier, from which no one comes back. …

…to suffer in death. However, she believes that Hamlet has gone insane and does not care for her, and recently has lost her own sanity as well. As such, her suicide is the crazed act of a woman scorned, much better suited for arguing a completely different thesis. So throughout Hamlet, the point remains strong: a person will choose to be rather than not to be, for fear of the consequences of the latter choice.