Hamlet
Shakespears play, Hamlet, is about a man tring to avenge his fathers death. Hamlet is a person that fails to act on killing the king on several occasions. Hamleteventually gets his revenge on the king who murdered his father, but he had many chancesto kill the king before he got his revenge. One example of Hamlet passing a chance on killing the king is when the king wason his knees praying. Hamlet had his dagger out ready to kill the king but he did not do itbecause in the time period that Hamlet took place, they believed that if you killed someonewhile they were praying then that person would go to heaven no matter what crime theycommited. In the play, Hamlet says "Now might I do 't pat,
Hamlet eventually got his revenge on the king, but did not live long after the kingsdeath to enjoy it. now 'a is a-praying; And nowI'll do 't. Hamlet and the king were sitting right next to each other talking aboutthe play. " After that Hamlet goes on to say "When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in th'incestuous pleasure of his bed, at game, a-swearing, or about some act that has no relishof salvation in 't then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven, as hell, whereto it goes. When the pretend king got poisoned in the play, the king jumped upand said "Give me some light. And so 'a goes to heaven, and so am I revenged. Away!" The king then left the play and Hamlet new thatwhat the ghost was telling him was true. " Hamlet wasconcentrating more on Ophelia's death than on getting revenge on the king. If Hamlet would have killed the king when he was praying, at the play,or Ophelia's grave, things might have been different. Hamlet was so sad that Ophelia died that he wasnot thinking about killing the king. Hamlet could have killed him at the play, but he did not do it because he neededmore evedence that the king killed his father. Hamlet passed on killing the king another time when Ophelia was being buried andthe king, queen,and Laertes were there. " So knowing that the king would not go to hell if he killed him while he was praying, he didnot do it.
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