Hamlet’s Indecisiveness

Hamlet’s Indecisiveness

Hamlet’s biggest flaw to many, throughout the play, is his indecisiveness. Hamlet is not a take action kind of guy. Although it is important to not take action too quickly, sometimes allowing too much time only causes more trouble and pain. Many instances throughout Shakespeare's play Hamlet spent too much time over-thinking a situation rather than acting on it, which caused him with an abundance of pain and torture. The play starts out with Hamlet overthinking his mother's marriage to Claudius. When the ghost came into the picture and shared the unbelieveable crime that Claudius had done to Hamlet's father, Hamlet had to begin his revenge. Unfortunately, Hamlet spent too much time trying to plan his revenge on his uncle that it eventually made Hamlet go insane himself. Through all of his pain and anger Hamlet contemplated committing suicide but thankfully he did not. Although as the audience sees his over-thinking as a downfall, Shakespeare's play would not have been as great as it was without Hamlet's “reasoned judgement” over the entire situation.

Hamlet spent an enormous amount of time over-thinking his mother's marriage to Hamlet's uncle, Claudius. He was heartbroken by the fact that his mother had moved on so quickly from his great and glorious father. In act I scene II he talks in great lengths of how hurt he is by his mother's act. Instead of Hamlet speaking up against his mother's wrong-doings, that broke his heart, he said that “for I must hold my tongue.” Which leads us back to his character flaw of over-reasoning situations rather than dealing with the reality. This marriage impacted Hamlet to such great lengths that he contemplated suicide as ane easy way out rather than dealing with the stress that his mother has brought onto him. If it had not been for the fact that suicide was an unforgivable sin Hamlet would have “resolved itself into a dew” and “gainst self-slaughter!” The marriage between Gertrude and Claudius ultimately ruined Hamlets life.

Once the ghost informed Hamlet of the “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder,” that Claudius had done to his own brother, Hamlet was tasked with the responsibly of revenge on his uncle. Sadly, he spent so much time planning the revenge and working himself up that when it came time to finally kill Claudius he did not do so. He could not kill him why he was praying and asking for forgiveness because then it would allow him to go to heaven. Hamlet wants to kill him in a more “horrid hent” such as “when he is drunk asleep” or “in his rage.” He doesn't believe that Claudius deserves to be killed at any time that is “about some act that has no relish of salvation in't.” Although Hamlet had a well- thought out plan with the responsibility of killing his