Hamlet

What does Hamlet's soliloquy in scene 1 ("To be, or not to be") reveal about his attitude toward revenge? What specific misgivings does he voice about seeking revenge for his father's death?

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Much of his famous soliloquy has to do with offing himself because he's depressed and his mother is having sex with his uncle. Still Hamlet muses about the afterlife, "The undiscovered country from whose bourn. No traveler returns". Is he doing his uncle a favour by killing him? Is Hamlet damning himself by killing his uncle? You see, this is why Hamlet never gets anything done. His revenge is loaded with way too much intellectual baggage!