"To be or not to be, that is the question." Possibly one of the most famous lines in Shakespeare, this gives us insight into what's going through Hamlets head. He does not want to have to suffer through life anymore, because everything is falling apart for him. "and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks.." Hamlet is saying that death can take away his pain, and by killing himself he won't have to suffer because of Ophelia and Claudius. However Hamlet does express his fear of death and is worried that he might be destined for hell. He is worried about what's going to happen in death and he talks like death is a permanent dream that you can't escape. Hamlet is very distressed during this speech and doesn't know what to do. We see that Hamlet isn't entirely sure what to do, and probably is a little crazy here.