Hamlet's delay in seeking revenge
             "Revenge should know no bounds" – Claudius
             In William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', Hamlet vows to avenge his father's death at the hands of Claudius, however, he procarastinates throughout the play and doesn't seek revenge until the end, when Hamlet finally acts by his instincts, and kills his father's murderer. Hamlet is stopped in seeking revenge by a number of factors throughout the play. He needs to know if the ghost is telling the truth before he seeks revenge. He fears purgatory – as told about the horrors of it by the ghost. He needs to get himself together before seeking revenge, and he procrastinates through discovering that revenge is easier said than done.
             "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder"
             When his father's ghost came to him and told him to avenge his murder, Hamlet was eager to take immediate action. However before seeking revenge he needs to know if the ghost is telling the truth about his murder. "May sweep to my revenge." Hamlet feels that if the ghost isn't telling the truth and he acts, he too will become a murderer. "Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all." In order to determine if Claudius is truly guilty, Hamlet produces a play in which the plot is parallel to King Hamlet's murder. Hamlet asks his good friend, Horatio, to watch Claudius' reaction to the play and to determine whether Claudius is guilty or not. By Claudius' reaction, Hamlet could come to the conclusion that the ghost was telling the truth and Claudius did murder his father. By the time the player's came to Elsinore, it's been a while since Hamlet promised the ghost that he would take revenge. However, finding out the ghost was telling the truth didn't make Hamlet seek immediate revenge. He had to overcome other factors stopping him from seeking revenge. Hamlet heard the h
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