Hamlet's Philisophical Journey (New and Improved)

In act one, Hamlet finds assurance in faith and God, and this keeps him from killing himself and seeking revenge. "Or that the Everlasting had not fixed his canon 'gainst self-slaughter" (1.2.131-132). As he goes on, Hamlet's faith is tested and at one point he says he would kill himself but he does not know "what dreams may come". This makes me think he is questioning God/eternity. Towards the end of the play, Hamlet has regained his assurance in Providence, but now instead of holding him back it is assisting him with his actions. This is shown when Hamlet says to Horatio, "When our deep plots do pall, and that should learn us there's a divinity that shapes our ends" (5.2.9-10). This new attitude also makes him okay with death, becuase he is sure. "There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now... let be" (5.2.185-following).