It is a long contemplation of suicide to end Hamlet's problems. Is life worth it? What do we get for all we suffer? Why do we let those in power make ill use of us? Wouldn't it be better to just end it so that we no long suffer what he calls "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"?
Yes it would be, EXCEPT for what may happen after we are dead ... "what dreams may come." Suicide was traditionally considered the unforgiveable sin because, in the Christian belief system, suicide abandons hope in God's help and mercy. So if suicide puts us in hell for all eternity, might it not be better to suffer those slings and arrows?
Obviously, Hamlet decides it is.
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