Hamlet's Indecisiveness

relationships. But unlike some of Shakespeare’s tragedies, Hamlet ends as a success. Success can be defined as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. This is achieved through the fulfillment of revenge, the restoration of Denmark’s diseased society, and Hamlet’s ability to come to terms with himself, signifying…

quintessential tragic hero, a portentous encounter with a formerly royal apparition reveals Hamlet’s noble intentions and resolution to avenge his late father. However, like most Shakespearean tragic heroes, Hamlet suffers bereavement before he witnesses the full outcome of his actions; indeed, his acumen and extraordinary ability to produce the most cogent and pithy statements blossoms into his tragic flaw. Hamlet’s words and philosophical nature constitute a great portion of his brilliance and…

through their fatal flaws; Hamlet’s indecisiveness and Ophelia’s…

towards the play as well as an atmosphere, and reveals Hamlet’s inner thoughts. In the play Hamlet he reveals his character through his 7 soliloquies. Hamlet’s first soliloquy “O that this too too sullied flesh would melt”…

the play. In the beginning, Hamlet was thrown into a whirlwind of change and endless emotions. With his father just being murdered by his uncle Claudius and Polonius banning the relationship between him and Ophelia, the only thought running through Hamlet’s mind was anger and revenge. The acts of violence throughout the play comes in three different forms; murder, suicide, and combat. Polonius is unexpectedly murdered, Ophelia goes mad and commits…

characters inside of the play. Hamlet is a play about indecisiveness, and thus about Prince Hamlet’s failure to act appropriately. Many instances in Hamlet lead the reader to wonder if the ghost confiding in Hamlet is real. This uncertainty is often argued. If this “ghost” was not real, how can Hamlet know about certain details of his father’s death if nobody was there to witness it? In the play, the audience first meets the ghost when he visits…

the flaws and discrepancies of others. Through familial duty, actions, and vengeances of the two subplots of Hamlet and Fortinbras, it is evident that both characters are parallel to one another. Fortinbras serves as a foil to emphasize aspects of Hamlet’s personality, which enhances plot and character development. Fortinbras’ purpose of a foil to Hamlet, highlighting his traits, becomes evident in their intuitive to act upon a decision. Unlike Hamlet, Fortinbras is a man who makes a definite…

At first, Hamlet is eager to avenge his father’s death: HAMLET. Haste me to know’t, that I, with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love, may sweep to my revenge (1.5.29-31). This is Hamlet’s reply to the ghost who tells him to avenge his father’s death. Hamlet’s flaw of indecisiveness will affect how he reacts to the conversation with the ghost. Hamlet also fits the archetype of an exiled child, as described above, because he is the son of the king and queen of Denmark. Claudius…

regarded as one of the great Shakespearean tragedies. Many scholars believe that the chaos and suffering is caused by none other than the main character Hamlet’s lack of action. Although there are many theories as to what the main reason for this lack of action is, the overall reason is quite clear within the play. All of Hamlet’s indecisiveness is due to his overthought and over analysis of simple situations, leading to him wasting perfectly good opportunities to enact his revenge plot. While…

Hamlet’s speculation upon ideas and his lack/rush of acting on them leads to his downfall and perpetual death in Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet. The first and most prominent example of Hamlet’s flaw is perceived during the very first act of the play, in which Hamlet fails to live up to his vow. During scene five, Hamlet encounters the ghost of Old Dead Hamlet, his father. When Hamlet discovers that his father was murdered by Claudius, he promises to him that he shall act swift, meaning that he…