Hamlet As A Good Leader In Shakespeare's Hamlet

"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart” (Eleanor Roosevelt). We particularly think about ourselves, and our actions. When others come into the equation, we must take in the morale that is to be affected. which is not only our own At this point it’s not our own, hence we tend to use our heart. In Hamlet, Hamlet routinely consults himself and conducts his actions and behavior so, as to best handle himself. When Hamlet interacts with other characters, he profoundly values morale and traits. He takes into consideration honesty, character and self reflection. According to Shakespeare, good leadership is Hamlet; what he best stands for, is and in/through his character. Hamlet is a good leader because he displays …show more content…
He values “a code of honor” (Skulsky) in character. Hamlet, Horatio and Marcellus are on the guard platform waiting for the Ghost to reappear. Meanwhile, Horatio asks what a trumpet fanfare and two cannons fired mean. Hamlet explains that “The kettledrum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge” (1.4.12-13). He deems the King’s actions to be something less than honorable. He also looks down upon them because “to [his] mind, though [he is] native [there] And to the manner born, it is a custom More honored in the breach than the observance” (1.4.16-18). Even though these actions of the King are not foreign to him, he considered them disgraceful and disagrees with them. He believes it’s better honorable stray from such behavior, put an end to it than to let it go. Because Hamlet is from Denmark and outsiders could never distinguish him from the King’s actions so promptly. They stand for and represent all of Denmark, “east and west makes [them] traduced and taxed of other nations” (1.4.19-20). He is guilty by association of less honorable acts, “They clepe [him] drunkards and with swinish phrase Soil [his] addition” (1.4.21-22). Hamlet would rather keep Denmark on more honorable terms. When onlookers are looking from the outside in, they blame and criticize based on the actions of the King’s and extend that to all of Denmark. Apart os just having good character, Hamlet seeks for the …show more content…
Even though Hamlet’s talking to the actors, he believes it’s important to “use all gently” (3.2.5). Because Hamlet believes that they “must acquire and beget a temperance that may give” the play “smoothness” (3.2.6-7) it needs to be monitored closely. The “very torrent, tempest and (as [he] may say) whirlwind of [their] passion” (3.2.5-6) must be monitored for every man his own. The importance of reviewing oneself, that only applies to the actors in/for the play but for every man. Every man should self-reflect, essentially when we (tend to) affect others. Hamlet extols Horatio’s positive attitude toward suffering because he’s “A man that Fortune’s buffets and rewards Hast ta’en with equal thanks;” (3.2.64-65). He sees the greater message behind Horatio 's suffering and why he asks accordingly. When suffering, it’s even more so vital that one should reflect on their situation, and even go as far to embrace it. Hamlet takes a moment to self-reflect so as to “lose not thy nature” (3.2.375). He takes cautious measure(s) to never let “The soul of Nero enter [his] firm bosom” (3.2.376). Because Hamlet finds the importance of self-reflection for others, he finds it just as right for himself becasue “the moral sense inhibits action by generating fear (of the consequences)” (Belsely). The saying “practice what you preach” applies here because Hamlet considers his state before he meets with his mother to prevent