Melancholy in Hamlet Melancholy has led many to look down on the world and themselves, driving themselves to suicide or treating their lives as if they had no meaning. Hamlet is a lonely, melancholy soul who does not think highly of women or his own life. Melancholy forms the basis of Hamlet's character from the moment he arrives in Denmark and reaches a low point when Ophelia dies. Thoughts of suicide loomed throughout the play, starting with the news of old Hamlet's death and showing up in his soliloquy "To be or not to be." Throughout the entire play, Hamlet has different opinions and points of view, which shows how he disrespects women, especially the one he is supposed to love the most, his mother. All these character traits of Hamlet are well described by Shakespeare in every line spoken by Hamlet. These traits show the reader who the real Hamlet is, at a time when Hamlet himself now knows who he is. Melancholy is the first emotion we see in Hamlet. Upon his arrival in Denmark, Hamlet receives the tragic news of his father's death. When he arrives, he realizes that Denmark has changed in a way he doesn't like. "It is a weedless garden that grows to seed. The gross and gross things in nature simply possess it," (I; ii; 135-137), is a reference to the changed Denmark that Hamlet is unfamiliar with. The melancholy is also evident when he realizes that Ophelia is dead. When Hamlet says "Do you want to cry? Do you want to fight? Do you want to fast? Do you want to tear yourself? Do you want to have a drink? Eat a crocodile? I will. Come here to complain? To defeat me by leaping into his grave?" (V;I;252-254), he means to say that he would do anything to be with the woman he loves at that moment, and "would soon be buried with her" (V; I ; 255...... half of the sheet ......rs and has not afraid to say what's on his mind. Although many have turned the world upside down, Hamlet is not the type to give up without a fight in fact he has a lonely and melancholy soul, which makes him contemplate suicide and leads him to lash out at sex. opposite Hamlet's sadness is evident when he arrives in Denmark and also appears when his true love, Ophelia, dies mind when situations do not go his way. The lack of respect towards his mother is evident when Hamlet expresses the his opinion on his mother's marriage and has a way of confusing her attributes with her flaws, making him indecisive about his life. He was also envious of others, when he was the one whom others might have envied. The show taught readers that they should fight for what they believe in and not give up until they reach their ultimate goal.