What is humanity? Who am I? What is the meaning of life? These are multi-faceted existential questions that ancient and modern philosophies have yet to adequately answer. Countless philosophers have spent their lives searching for answers to these questions, but have died before finding an adequate answer. Certainly, the philosophy of existentialism is an interesting phenomenon. The dictionary defines existentialism as a "philosophical movement... centered on the analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and on the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for acts of free will" ("Existentialism") . The character Hamlet from Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet explores these existential questions, seeking truth and truth. When Hamlet utters the famous lines "To be or not to be: that is the question: / Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune / Or take arms against a sea of ​​woes" he is contemplating the thought of suicide and wishing that God had not made suicide a sin (III.i.58-61). Hamlet's anxiety, uncertainty, and tensions lead him to doubt the power of reason alone to solve his problems. Hamlet begins to realize that reason is powerless to deal with the depths of human life, one of the central claims of existentialism (Bigelow, paragraph 6). Perhaps this is why Hamlet feigns madness; he realizes that he lacks the emotions to avenge his father's death. Indeed, Hamlet goes temporarily mad in Act I, scene ii, and it is during this period that he is able to act on pure sensation, without thinking about the consequences of what he says or does (for example when he undeservedly criticizes Ophelia). ). However, by combining his emotions and reason, Hamlet is careful to avoid the temptation to commit suicide because if one commits suicide to escape the pain of life, then he is condemned to eternal suffering in hell. For Hamlet (and most people in the 1600s), suicide is morally wrong. When Hamlet asks the captain the cause and purpose of the conflict, he is shocked to learn that the armies of the two countries will go to war over "a little piece of land." of land / Which hath no profit in it but the name" (IV.iv.98-99). After Hamlet recovers from the shock caused by the captain's honesty, he is astonished to think that Fortinbras would sacrifice the life of thousands of men for an admittedly inferior "piece of land". At this point in the play, Hamlet is still struggling with his own inertia, unable to kill Claudius even though he is aware of his guilt. but he fails to do so.How can Fortinbras sacrifice so much for such a futile purpose In this scene, Hamlet realizes the brutality of humanity and first reflects on the idea that no one is safe, another central pillar of existentialism? .From this point on, Hamlet declares that he will have bloody thoughts. "Let my thoughts be bloody, or worth nothing!" (IV.iv.9.56). thought in action (Phillips). Laertes, who, like Hamlet, has a father to avenge, does not hesitate for a moment in seeking revenge on his father's murderer. When Hamlet decides to fight for this personal quality, he begins to act in an increasingly existential and decreasing manner