Hamlet hesitated in the middle of the play when Claudius was unarmed, praying and was not aware of hamlets presence, Hamlet had his sword and said to himself “Now might I do it pat. Now he is a-praying/ And now I’ll do‘t” (3.3.73-74) but He had second thoughts, “And so he goes to heaven, and so am I revenged.—that would be scanned /A villain kills my father, and, for that./I, his sole son, do this same villain send/To heaven./Oh, this is hire and salary, not revenge, he took my father grossly, full of bread, with all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May, and how his audit stands who knows save heaven? But in our circumstance and course of thought 'Tis heavy with him, and am I then revenged?” (3.3.74-84). Hamlet always had trouble making up his mind to take action, although he can act vigorously at critical moments when he doesn 't have time to think, Hamlet told himself that this is not the right moment to kill him because Claudius was in a state of grace and might go to heaven, whereas Hamlet 's father was killed asleep and did not have time to repent for his sins. Hamlet decided to wait and kill the king "When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, / or in th ' incestuous pleasure of his bed; /At gaming, a-swearing, or about some act / That has no relish of salvation in 't" (3.3.88-92), and this was the part where hamlet started to delay the death of Claudius due to trying to plan the best way to kill Claudius and not send him to heaven so he wouldn’t be doing him a
Hamlet hesitated in the middle of the play when Claudius was unarmed, praying and was not aware of hamlets presence, Hamlet had his sword and said to himself “Now might I do it pat. Now he is a-praying/ And now I’ll do‘t” (3.3.73-74) but He had second thoughts, “And so he goes to heaven, and so am I revenged.—that would be scanned /A villain kills my father, and, for that./I, his sole son, do this same villain send/To heaven./Oh, this is hire and salary, not revenge, he took my father grossly, full of bread, with all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May, and how his audit stands who knows save heaven? But in our circumstance and course of thought 'Tis heavy with him, and am I then revenged?” (3.3.74-84). Hamlet always had trouble making up his mind to take action, although he can act vigorously at critical moments when he doesn 't have time to think, Hamlet told himself that this is not the right moment to kill him because Claudius was in a state of grace and might go to heaven, whereas Hamlet 's father was killed asleep and did not have time to repent for his sins. Hamlet decided to wait and kill the king "When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, / or in th ' incestuous pleasure of his bed; /At gaming, a-swearing, or about some act / That has no relish of salvation in 't" (3.3.88-92), and this was the part where hamlet started to delay the death of Claudius due to trying to plan the best way to kill Claudius and not send him to heaven so he wouldn’t be doing him a