Is ignorance a bliss?

In The tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, we had a Hamlet who was going to have it all. In fact, he had been trained to be a King and to rule Denmark one day ever since he was a kid. However, everything changes when King Hamlet died and right after that Queen Gertrude married to Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle.  Hamlet had mixture of different feelings towards his mother’s decision, but when he saw and talked to his father’s ghost everything turned to be even more complicated. Indeed, nothing would ever be the same inside Hamlet, a riot started in his mind and soul.

One of the first example of the battle that was starting inside Hamlet’s heart and mind was when we first saw him next to his mother and Claudius now his father/uncle. He said:

“Hamlet: (aside) A little more than kin, and less than kind.

Claudius: How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

Hamlet: Not so, my lord. I am too much I’ the sun.”

(Act I, Scene 2)

In that moment Hamlet is stating and showing his disagreement to the wedding, to his mother and to everyone in Denmark. These persons are there smiling and celebrating in fact the murder of late King Hamlet.  Hamlet had to cope with these emotions and by wearing clouds cloths and claiming that he was in the sun, he began to send ambiguous messages to state his discontent and eventually seek for his revenge.

It is from that moment on that Hamlet is left in a state of complete desolation and questions. Prince Hamlet will no longer become a King, nor could he ever trust someone again in his own country.  Is in this context when Hamlet’s roles start to change; he will not be a king; therefore, he has to find a new role in life. Who is him? Could ever be Hamlet a loving son? Could ever be Hamlet a loving husband? Could ever be Hamlet a good King? Could ever be Hamlet happy? All these questions have to be answer in order to find the truth and the real Hamlet. I believe that we had to take into consideration the fact that Hamlet is not any more a child; he is a grown man who suddenly had been left without a future. This crisis is what it takes over Hamlet and starts to question everything. And when we question everything can we be happy? Can we be in peace? And even though, you find an answer would that ever be enough?

As human we are meant to search and look for answers, but when we get obsessed with the truth can we really find truth? And even, if we find the truth, are we able to differentiate?  Even when Hamlet had the truth, he knew that Claudius was the murder of his father; he had to look for something else. He wanted revenge. But was revenge enough? After, he had his revenge by killing Claudius was Hamlet happy?  I have to said that no, even when we get our revenge, we can never be the same. We had gone through a process that not only change your outside, but also change your inside. Even if we want to go back, we could never be the same. That is why I believe that the only real solution for Hamlet was to kill himself after revenge his father and himself. So, is necessary to seek for truth? Or are we happier when being ignorant? How would have been different if Hamlet had taken another path?