Hamlet Action Analysis

For centuries critics have tried to understand the mysteries of Hamlet’s actions and reasons in the play. When we look at William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet we see that even Hamlet is trying to do the same thing and comment on what action is. The analyzation of the theme of action shows that action involves thought and emotion and requires a balance of both to take proper effect. A major component of action shown in Hamlet is thought and how it is required for action. If not enough thought occurs then we lose the meaning of action. Hamlet does not think too much into his actions and that is strange for him as stated by Ferguson “Hamlet does not inquire very deeply either here or later . . . into the meaning of his action. This seems odd, since

It is the emotions that we feel every day that are required to take action. If People did not have those emotions then they would not do much. In act 2 Hamlet is trying to find this emotion that he thinks he lacks. Hamlet request a speech about a son avenging his father’s murderer by doing this, critics ask “Was he, by requesting this scene, trying to find in Pyrrhus his own model for furious action?” (Bloom, Key Passages). After the speech Hamlet talks about the actor’s emotion compared to his in his ending soliloquy. He talks about how he does so little for having so much while the actor does so much for having so little. After thinking he decides to do the play after “he berates himself further . . . He fears he lacks something constitutionally that would make such oppression unendurable, that would stir him to action.” (Bloom, Key passages). Once the action starts it requires emotion to continue because without it the action goes away. Shakespeare gives an example of this in the sub play when the player king says “Great grief and joy may rouse us to action, but when the grief or joy have passed, we’re no longer motivated to act. “ (Shakespeare). The king is talking about those common emotions that may inspire people to do something can fade and the action they caused fade with them. The play also analyzes this relationship between action and emotion in the line “How

Shakespeare shows that action is thought or emotion and proper action requires a balance of both to be successful. When the balance is thrown off unexpected consequences occur or nothing happens at all. Shakespeare skillfully shows this through Hamlets musings of his