“To Be or Not to Be”

An Essay on the Essence of Suicide

Abstract

In this essay, I will attempt to argue that at times, suicide can be justified. Using Friedrich Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols as well as my own ideas, I set out to help the reader understand that suicide can in fact be justified because it is done out of free will, death is the same regardless of who you are and no individual can know what you are going through. This essay is meant to change the way society views suicide where rather than it being a selfish act, acknowledging that the individual was suffering a great deal before even considering suicide. Despite it being an extreme way of fixing one’s issues, I set to outline the ways society can avoid making those who consider suicide, selfish. I would like this essay to be seen as a liberating piece of work that helps unify those who suffer and the rest of the world.