The end of Hamlet's life held one purpose: to his father's murder. Unfortunately, this vengeance also cost him his own life, as well as the lives of Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, and his mother Gertrude. We must try to remember Hamlet as he was before his father's death: a diligent student and a leader of his people. Towards the end, as a sickness began to consume him, he lost some of the presence he once had, but he never lost the support of his people. We can all take comfort in the fact the struggles in his mind are now at an end.