Hamlet's indecisiveness is portrayed throughout the tragedy in many ways. The most prominent being his delay in avenging his father's death. When the ghost first appears to Hamlet, and tells him to avenge his death by killing his murderer, Claudius; Hamlet says, "Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love, May sweep to my re-venge." (pg59, lines 29-31) Hamlet is ready to murder Claudius and avenge the death of Hamlet Sr. However, at the end of the scene Hamlet delays his decision to kill Claudius by saying, "...The time is out of joint. O cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right!..." (pg 64 lines 188-89) The players (actors) come to Elsinore, and it has been a while since Hamlet promised the ghost that he

would take revenge. He sees how the first player weeps as he relays the story of Queen Hecuba and he is angry that he hasn't taken action for the death of his father.

Just a note: I typed this essay as a senior in High School on a very old program and just transfered it to a program in Windows 98 - the two aren't that compatible so just ignore any simple errors and if you use this then remember to check for little mistakes before turning it in. I remember I got an A on it from my teacher (it was AP English).

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He calls himself a coward and tried to work himself into a rage by calling Claudius a "...Bloody, bawdy villain!..." (pg 89 line 591), but he realizes that he is still only talking and not taking any action. "...Why, what an ass am I! That is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must, like a whore, unpack my

The third, of many, tragic flaw that Hamlet contains is his exaggerated moral sensibility tied in with his abhorrence of sex. Hamlet is constantly referring to the "incestuous sheets" that Claudius and Gertrude share. This shows his moral sensibil-ity by his reference to the word incestuous and his abhorrence to sex is shown through his constant thoughts of his mother having sex with Claudius. "...With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, nor it cannot come to good. But break my heart, for I must hold my tongue." (pg 45 lines 157-9) Hamlet also refers to the incestuous sheets when he decides that he wants to kill Claud

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