To be or not to be

   While Hamlet discusses suicide in his "to be or not to be" soliloquy, he never once refers to himself directly. Instead he uses very broad terms such as "we" and "us", suggesting that the thought of suicide is widely thought about or that it applies everyone, "To die, to sleep - no more; and by a sleep to say we end the heart ache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to?" Hamlet's pain has transferred from being his own to being a general feeling felt universally. While it is accurate that everyone has their share of pain in life, Hamlet has made it known fact. This could be because he is trying to assure himself of his sanity. Since his family thinks Hamlet is overreacting to the kings death, the application of his feeling could be in an attempt for Hamlet to comfort himself in a time when he feels ostracized.