Does Shakespeare make Hamlet's delay and the consequences believable?
             Shakespeare's play Hamlet revolves around revenge, murder and foul play. In act I, scene v, 25 to 31, Hamlet meets his father's ghost the former king of Denmark, concerning the foul play of his murder. The ghost commands Hamlet to take revenge, yet at the end Act III scene iii Hamlet still has not taken revenge on Claudius, the brother of his father as well as him Stepfather. I think that the delay is due to the behavior of different characters, the situation and other external obstacles, which I will try to discuss in this essay.
             Throughout the play, Hamlet presents himself as a little crazy because he wants to hide what he planning to do. His mother Gertrude suspects that her son Hamlet is insane due to the fact that she married her husband's brother. She feels extremely guilty about the situation and takes it for granted when Polonius claims that Hamlet is crazy because of his daughter Ophelia. I think Gertrude is a huge obstacle to Hamlet since she is the only person left in his family, and therefore it is very hard for him to put forth his actions. It is difficult for Hamlet to take revenge on Claudius without his mother being hurt. His fathers ghost in spite of everything tells him, in Act I scene v, to be careful with him mother and that he should not harm her in anyway. With that, statement it makes it makes it even harder for Hamlet to take his actions.
             The next act and scene where we find out more about Hamlet's delay for taking action is in Act II scene ii. The scene revolves mostly around the play and the soliloquy at the end. Hamlet organizes a play which portraits the death of Hamlet's Father the former King of Denmark, who was poisoned by his brother Claudius. He arranged to do this play to set up Claudius to see if looks guilty and suspicious during the play. In act II, scene ii one finds out that Hamlet is act...