Indecisiveness In Hamlet

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Hamlet is the world’s most filmed play, after Cinderella. In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Hamlet is the prince of Denmark and the protagonist. He is yearning for revenge of his father’s death. He is indecisive, impulsive, mad, and seeking revenge. All these characteristics are shown in Hamlet’s character but through other character’s personas and actions.
Hamlet becomes mad when his father’s ghost comes to see him and tells him that his uncle, Claudius, was the cause of his death. His madness is not displayed until he accidentally kills Ophelia’s father, Polonius. Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, witnessed the murder and soon realized how mad Hamlet really was. Gertrude told Claudius “Mad as the sea and wind when both contend… (4.1.7.)” James Stuart Mill claimed Hamlet would “probably be diagnosed as mad, for only in madness, dreams and fever, did the mental images grow so vivid as to overpower or be easily taken for the impressions from real object (263).”
Hamlet is stuck between two moral values— to revenge his father’s death and his belief that murder is wrong. This causes indecisiveness because he must make the decision of what is right and what is wrong. He still somewhat believes that his father’s ghost could’ve been a damned one from hell. Devi states “His famous soliloquy “To be, or not to be” reveals his tragic and fatal flaw of …show more content…

The comic chosen for this essay is Hamlet holding a skull and taking a selfie. This comes from the specific part of the play when Hamlet and Horatio find Yorick’s skull. Hamlet responds to finding the skull by announcing “Let me see. (he takes the skull) Oh, poor Yorick! I used to know him, Horatio—a very funny guy, and with an excellent imagination. He carried me on his back a thousand times, and now—how terrible—this is him… (5.1.160)” What can be understood about the author is he or she is most likely a millennial, since Hamlet is taking a selfie with the

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