In the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare Hamlet the king of Denmark was murdered by his brother, Claudius and as a ghost tells his son, Hamlet the prince of Denmark to avenge him by killing his brother. The prince Hamlet agrees to do what he been employed to do by his late father; however, for the majority of the play Hamlet seems to avoid killing Claudius as much as possible. Hamlet tries to justify his action of waiting to kill Claudius a few times, but with how long he waited to do it any excuse is irrelevant just as all the excuses a student gives for turning in a paper late after they got extra time are irrelevant. Hamlet in nature is a man of thought throughout the entirety of the play even while playing mad that is quite obvious,
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“Do not forget. This visitation / Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose. / But look, amazement on thy mother sits. / O, step between her and her fighting soul. / Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works. /speak to her, Hamlet.” (3.4.100-105). This reveals two things firstly that Hamlet has taken so long to fulfill his father’s request that he has managed to upset a ghost that has literally nothing to do and nowhere to go. Hamlet honestly took so long to get the job done that the dead were coming back a second time to tell him to hurry up and murder Claudius. Secondly it completely reveals just how far hamlet will go to put off killing Claudius even doing the one thing the ghost asked him not to do in the first meeting, and attacking his mother. This would also imply that since Hamlet is having no trouble disobeying his late father about disrespecting his mother that Hamlet has honestly not felt any obligation to avenging his father this whole time, but rather has solely been interested in killing Claudius because of his resentment towards Claudius marriage with his mother. That would also explain why Hamlet tried to explain what Claudius truly was to his mother so she would not have to experience the loss of a husband twice because although Hamlet hates Claudius he loves his mother dearly. Hamlet in all his seas of thoughts perhaps did not care at all for the affairs of Denmark nor for his late father’s wish, but perhaps he remained true to his mother to one person that a person can almost always find solace in his mother. This would explain why Hamlet took so long to attack her as well was to try, and think of a way he could have broken the news to her without hurting her. These efforts however seem all but forgotten when Hamlet goes to speak with his mother in her chamber, and she immediately attacks him
“Do not forget. This visitation / Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose. / But look, amazement on thy mother sits. / O, step between her and her fighting soul. / Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works. /speak to her, Hamlet.” (3.4.100-105). This reveals two things firstly that Hamlet has taken so long to fulfill his father’s request that he has managed to upset a ghost that has literally nothing to do and nowhere to go. Hamlet honestly took so long to get the job done that the dead were coming back a second time to tell him to hurry up and murder Claudius. Secondly it completely reveals just how far hamlet will go to put off killing Claudius even doing the one thing the ghost asked him not to do in the first meeting, and attacking his mother. This would also imply that since Hamlet is having no trouble disobeying his late father about disrespecting his mother that Hamlet has honestly not felt any obligation to avenging his father this whole time, but rather has solely been interested in killing Claudius because of his resentment towards Claudius marriage with his mother. That would also explain why Hamlet tried to explain what Claudius truly was to his mother so she would not have to experience the loss of a husband twice because although Hamlet hates Claudius he loves his mother dearly. Hamlet in all his seas of thoughts perhaps did not care at all for the affairs of Denmark nor for his late father’s wish, but perhaps he remained true to his mother to one person that a person can almost always find solace in his mother. This would explain why Hamlet took so long to attack her as well was to try, and think of a way he could have broken the news to her without hurting her. These efforts however seem all but forgotten when Hamlet goes to speak with his mother in her chamber, and she immediately attacks him