Hamlet does not act on his desire to kill Claudius in Scene 3 because he believed it would be detrimental to his mission of avenging his father's murder. Although he had the perfect opportunity to strike as he and Claudius were alone, he decided against it because he saw the king praying to God. He realized that if he killed Claudius he would go to heaven not having been punished for the murder of his brother. Hamlet’s father’s life was cut short in the middle of a sinful life for which he did not have the time to repent for, Hamlet wanted the same to be done to his father’s killer. This undertaking is also the reason Hamlet was not bothered by the fact that he had killed Polonius in Scene 4. He assumed Polonius was a spy for the king, and
