Throughout the play, and particularly in his two most famous soliloquies, Hamlet struggles with the competing compulsions to avenge his father’s death or to embrace his own. Hamlet is a man caught in a moral dilemma, and his inability to reach a resolution condemns himself and nearly everyone close to him.

What is Hamlet's dilemma in To Be or Not To Be?

In “To be or not to be,” Hamlet is debating whether it would be a better thing to go on with his depressing life that is headed toward a murder he isn’t sure he can execute, or if he should end it all by taking charge of his own fate.

What is Hamlet's dilemma on his soliloquy?

Hamlet’s dilemma is whether it is worth it to exist, and he weighs life’s worth against the nothingness of nonexistence as he toys with the idea of suicide. But when Hamlet considers the consequences of death and afterlife, he begins to examine the other option: life.