At the end of Act 3 Scene 3 we see Hamlet enter the King's private chapel with a sword ready to kill Claudius. He does not carry out his job and delays the killing.

From this I think it is fair to accuse Hamlet of delay but for what reasons did he delay? There are many reasons that can be explored.

Understanding this scene is crucial in understanding why Hamlet delayed. If we look back on the play we cannot accuse Hamlet of being too sensitive or worried. After the ghost appears, he ignores what his friends have to stay and follows the ghost all by himself. In the battle with the pirate ship he manages to overcome the whole crew without anyone's help. He is known to people as a brilliant fencer, and shows his skill with swords in the match between him and Laertes. What can we say the reason is for Hamlet's delay? We can say for sure that Shakespeare did not just put it in so that he could fill his five long acts.

Hamlet is a very brave and courageous Prince but he does realize that killing the king was a great crime and maybe the punishment that awaited him made him think twice about killing him. In t

Even if there was no punishment for killing the king then I still do not think that Hamlet would have killed him because they were in a place of worship - a church. He might have taken the sword out, but one thing then went through his mind ; If the King is murdered, the truth is murdered too, and King Hamlet's murder would be impossible to prove. His aim is not to kill the King and gain the throne for himself but to revenge his father's death and punish the murderer.

Reading through the scene, I feel that Hamlet feels a lot of emotional turmoil and has many thoughts going through his head at the time when he is about to kill Claudius in the church. Maybe this could be the answer to Hamlet's delay. He keeps asking himself questions when he is about to kill Claudius, "And I am then revenged to take him in the purging of his soul, when he is fit and seasoned for his passage?" He sounds confused and I think that maybe he is working his mind too hard and is on the verge of breaking down. We can imagine what must be going through the mind of someone who is about to murder a King. I think Hamlet is creating mixed ideas in his mind and really wants to take his revenge out on Claudius in a just way, but is also tempted to murder him without thinking.

he seventeenth century it was considered a very bad thing to kill the King as he had divinity and was supposed to have been placed on the throne as an order from God. Killing the King would have then meant Hamlet going against God.

It could be that the reason why Hamlet delays is because he is concerned about doing the

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