acting mad implies he is secure with his plot. Hamlet also seems to portray a willingness to accept this dilemma with, "for there is nothing either good/ or bad but thinking makes it so" (2.2.239.240). In this instance, Hamlet is stating that behavior shapes reality.
             In act two, Hamlet is again prompted towards vengeance this time by a poignant speech delivered by one of the players. Hamlet responds to this dialogue with, "What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do, Had he motive and cue for passion/ that I have?" (2.2.511-514). In this complement to this player's acting ability, Hamlet is saying that if he were such an actor he would have killed Claudius by now. Within, lies the struggle between acting, and actual vengeance, that persists throughout the play until the very end. At this moment, Hamlet avows to avenge his father, "I should ha' fatted all the region kites With this slave's offal. Bl
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