Hamlet is a person that fails to act on killing the king on several occasions. Hamlet
eventually gets his revenge on the king who murdered his father, but he had many chances
to kill the king before he got his revenge.
One example of Hamlet passing a chance on killing the king is when the king was
on his knees praying. Hamlet had his dagger out ready to kill the king but he did not do it
because in the time period that Hamlet took place, they believed that if you killed someone
while they were praying then that person would go to heaven no matter what crime they
commited. In the play, Hamlet says "Now might I do 't pat,
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