Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak?

Summary

This quote suggests that Hamlet's contemplation of suicide may have been influenced by the presence of an audience and the role he played as a character in a play. It questions whether his fascination with the idea would have existed if he did not have an audience to witness his thoughts and lines to articulate them. The quote raises the notion that the external factors of performance and theatricality could have had an impact on Hamlet's mindset and may have contributed to the intensity of his contemplation of suicide.

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