Hamlet Act III Question

1. Hamlet contemplates the loaded choice between life and death in his famous soliloquy. He must choose between living life amidst those who he hates the most: namely King Claudius. He must also choose whether he wants to live with himself, who he considers a coward for not taking avenging his father; or kill himself to escape the pain of his situation. Hamlet vacillates between eternal sleep, and the foreboding thought of never-ending nightmares. He is very afraid of the "undiscovered country from whose bourn/ No traveler returns," yet it is so within his reach. Hamlet ultimately decides in the end of his speech that the conscience overshadows all. No matter how resolute the act of suicide was in his mind, Hamlet could not commit the act for fear of it being a sin.