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In Shakespear's Hamlet, the reader gets to know what has been called the "two Hamlets in the play," the first who is considered to be the sensitive intellectual who is able to express himself through poetry and who comes across as being dedicated to truth. The other, barbaric side of Hamlet who treats Ophelia so cruelly with no empathy, slays Polonius and speaks of dragging his guts into another room, and who sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths without any remorse. However, most interpreters of Hamlet see him as a "tragic hero" with a clear and sacred obligation to kill Claudius but due to his being a victim of great external difficulties, is unable to do so right away. Shakespeare purposely makes Hamlet out to be a procrastinator for one very important reason, if Hamlet would have quickly pursued this revenge, Gertrude, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Laertes, and of course Hamlet himself would have survived and Shakespeare would not have achieved tragedy in this play. There are many explanations for Hamlet's long delay, some of which include the physical act of being unable to commit the murder and what held him back, the fear of what would happen, the moral dilemma of taking the life of his un
Perhaps due to his excessive melancholy Hamlet became morally weakened and therefor lost his desire for revenge. Of course, there are also moral roadblocks which prevent Hamlet from immediately acting upon the Ghost's orders. In the stress of powerful emotion, Hamlet makes a positive identification of the Ghost as "King, father; royal Dane. " Again, however, even though he vows to sweep to his revenge, weeks pass and he has not even made an attempt. Here, Hamlet does not kill him because if Claudius were to die right then, he would have gone to heaven. Since the fall of Adam and Eve, no one can escape corruption. Most of these issues are simply due to Hamlet's over analyzation of morals. 64-68)Yet at the same time Hamlet makes it sound almost like a fear; But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will . Hamlet's fear does not play a vital role in the procrastination of taking revenge. 608-610)it is at this point where Hamlet reveals his plan to "catch the conscience of the King. 45) Hamlet's hasty decision to accept the Ghost as his father, give him second doubts later on in the play. You should not have believ'd me, for virtue cannot So innoculate our old stock but we shall relish it. He must even convince Ophelia of his insanity in order to make sure nothing is foretold.
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