Every human being is born with the capability to accomplish great things in their lives. However one of the most timeless and most challenging aspects in life is to recognize our own talents and utilize them to the best of our ability. One of the main themes in Shakespeare's Hamlet is waste, not only of human life but of potential. Hamlet possessed qualities that would have led him to accomplish extraordinary things in his life. He valued his relationships, whether they were romantic or plutonic, he was noble and held is morals in high regard and most of all he would have become an exceptional king.
             Hamlet was a man that cherished and respected his relationships. He shared close friendships with some and romances with others, all equally appreciated. His close relationship with Horatio is shown at the time of his death when Horatio cries, "Now cracks the noble heart. Good night, sweet/ prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!" (V, II, 352-354) Horatio demonstrated a considerable amount of caring and compassion for Hamlet after he died. The relationship between the two was "wasted" because it was ultimately severed and unable to continue. Hamlet's love for Ophelia is revealed through his letters to her when he describes her as "celestial" (II, II, 109) and his "soul's idol" (II, II, 109), he also tells her to "never doubt [his] love" (II, II, 118). Hamlet proves his love further through his reaction over her death when he cries, "I loved Ophelia; forty thousand brothers/ Could not, with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum" (V, I, 263-265). Hamlet's love did not go unrequited; Ophelia demonstrated her own love for Hamlet when she defended his advances to her father: "He hath importuned me with love/ In honorable fashion... and hath given countenance to his speech... with almost all the holy vows of heaven" (I, III, 1...