How Is Hamlet A Narcissistic Character

In the play, Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is a university student who had to go through the tragedy of losing his father and understanding the truth behind it. He has to follow his fate in avenging by murdering his uncle, Claudius. He became a significant character to the play. In this particular play, Hamlet acts as a pathetic character with three major traits of being contemplative in his thoughts, impulsive in his actions, and melancholic in his words. His character displayed in the play is clearly evident.
Hamlet can be seen as a melancholic character in the beginning of the play during the time when he was grieving over his father. He is portrayed as being sensitive to things around him. He was overwhelmed with the depression …show more content…
Faced with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, evidence that any other character in a play would believe, Hamlet becomes obsessed with proving his uncle’s guilt before trying to take actions. Even when he had the opportunity to take revenge, Hamlet decided to act later on when his uncle commits crimes again so that he would suffer in his afterlife. This nature made Hamlet not been able to do anything throughout the play. Furthermore, by comparing himself to Fortinbras, it gives Hamlet an example of the will to action that he lacks. Hamlet was impressed by the forcefulness that Fortinbras has when Fortinbras was willing to devote the energy of an entire army over a worthless scrap of land. This forcefulness became a kind of ideal toward which Hamlet decides at last strive as he declared “My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!” (iv.iv.65). However, he failed to put this exclamation into action, as he had failed at every previous turn to achieve his revenge on Claudius. This demonstrated Hamlet’s pathetical character when he mentioned “thoughts” instead of saying “my deeds be