Hamlet

A detailed Summary of Hamlet

Hamlet: a man of thought and action or a failure?

In order to be a man of thought and action you must have the ability to think

quickly on your feet. Hamlet doesn't do this at all. It is totally agreeable that the man of

action definitely would be Fortinbras. He know what he wants and knows how to get it.

The man of thought is always going to be Horatio. He thinks and reacts only when it is

totally necessary. That's what makes Horatio the more sensible of the two.

Hamlet is too indecisive to be a man of thought and action. When he had the

perfect chance to kill Claudius for killing his father, he decided to not kill him. "Now

might I do it pat, now 'a is a praying, and now I'll do't. And so 'a goes to Heaven, and so

I am revenged. That would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and for that I his sole son

do this same villain sent to Heaven."

By Hamlet not killing Caludius when he had the chance becomes very ironic that

Hamlet in line for the most part. He was the great thinker, he thought about it when the

As for Horatio, he is also a survivor because of thinking strategies. He kept

spirits oft walking in death speak of it stay and speak."

what it takes to get what he wants. He likes to fight and be in charge. This is shown when

On the other hand, to think of Hamlet as a failure would be disagreeable. He

Finally, the man of thought: Horatio. Horatio is the brave one. Horatio wanted

ending his own life, ending his mothers life, and gaining revenge on Caludius, he did

didn't act on his instinct as he should have.

king then acting when it is supposed to be a good thing it ends up being bad

Approximate Word count = 650
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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