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 Through the concern of Hamlet whether to end his suffering and die, or to live with all the pain and hurting, Shakespeare shows not only how the perception of death can be different according to different situations a person is placed in, but also the thrilling and mysterious and distant nature of death. When Hamlet mentions how dying can be a solution to his sufferings and concerns, he says “To die, to sleep – no more, and by a sleep to say we end”(68~69), in which he describes death like a simple, resting sleep. This shows a different side of death: not just remorse, pain, and suffering, but actually a relief from the pain of life and leaving the suffering behind, thus showing a different view of death from our current or “normal” viewpoint where we see death as something of losing and pain. Moreover, he says: “But that dread of something after death, The undiscovered country from whose bourn”(86~87) emphasizes how, although life may be very painful and full of suffering, the fear of the afterlife is what blocks him and people in our societies as well from just simply dying every time something bad or painful happens. Thus, the very confusion that tortures us and makes us desire for knowledge is what makes us human and keeps us from becoming too close to death, which is further proven by Hamlet’s quote: “Thus conscience does make cowards, and thus the native hue of resolution Is [sickled] over with the pale cast of thought”(91~93). This quote shows how the fear and uncertainty of what lies beyond death is what prevents us from diving into it in order to become free and untortured by reality and life’s sufferings