it leads to Hamlet falling in a depression. Many critics denounce the character Hamlet for being too slow to action.
             Nearly all readers, commentators, and critics are agreed in thinking that it was Hamlet's duty to kill, that he ought indeed to have killed much sooner than he did. His delay, they say, was a weakness, and disaster" (Goddard, Hamlet:His Own Falstaff, pg.12)
             There is an explanation for the lack of action of Hamlet in the opening scenes. The reason is Hamlet's intellect. Louis B. Wright and Virginia A. LaMar say, "He has been at the University of Wittenberg, where he has engaged in the subtleties of intellectual speculation"(Hamlet: A Man Who Thinks Before He Acts, p.64). Hamlet is a man of reason. One who has been trained to carefully think and analyze every situation completely before he should act. It is for this reason that Hamlet was slow to action. He was carefully analyzing the situation of his father's death, and all the possibilities, and it wasn't until he was completely sure of himself that he was actually moved to action. A third factor, which cannot be ignored when trying to und
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