How Does Hamlet Kill Himself

To start, King Claudius repeatedly generated specific plans, such as to have “in quick determination thus set it down: [Hamlet] shall with speed to England” to which Claudius knew would be for Hamlet to be killed (Shakespeare 3.2.182-83). This scheme alongside his collaboration with Laertes to devise a plot to kill Hamlet in Act IV, Scene VII, efficiently was akin to Hamlet’s own premeditated plans to “have [the] players play something like the murder of [his] father before [his] uncle,” observe his uncle during the process, and have “the play [be] the thing wherein [he will] catch the conscience of the King” (Shakespeare 2.2.623-25, 633-34). Furthermore, both Claudius and Hamlet, after murdering someone, pertaining to old King Hamlet and Polonius, respectively, showed sparse grief or contrition as King Claudius stated “[his] crown, [his] own ambition, and [his] queen” all resulted from murdering his brother and thus, was not willing to relinquish those perquisites (Shakespeare 3.3.59). In congruence, Hamlet did not show much immediate regret or remorse after slaying Polonius as he declared Polonius a “wretched, rash, intruding fool” who was not where he should have been (Shakespeare 3.4.38). Although Hamlet and Claudius

Hamlet is an extremely intelligent character, therefore, he thinks each decision through completely before acting on it. This is shown, for instance, when Hamlet didn’t kill Claudius in the chapel, even though he had every perfect opportunity to. Hamlet considered what would happen if he kill Claudius while he confessed his sins, and determined he didn’t want his soul to go to heaven while his father’s sat in purgatory. He also created the “play within a play” to prove Claudius guilty. Hamlet didn’t go after Claudius until he was positive that he was guilty of his father’s death.

"To be or not to be, that is the question". This is probably one of the most famous soliloquies. You could say that Hamlet sounds like a broken record with the whole suicide thing. However, he just might be moving on here. After all, instead of obsessing about whether or not to kill himself, he is exploring the reason why people in general don't commit suicide. When it comes down to it, he is talking about you, us and everyone else out there. Life is worth because we are experience every single moment. And there are some special moment that define who we are.

Unlike Hamlet though, Claudius thinks about his actions because he wants to make sure he makes a decision that will be the best for him. He knows if he just kills Hamlet the people of the kingdom will turn on him because of the love they all share for Hamlet. He sends in Rozencrantz and Guildenstern to find out what is wrong with Hamlet so that Claudius can decide what to do from there. His decision to send Rozencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on and talk to Hamlet is illustrated when he says, “So by your companies/To draw him on pleasures, and to gather/So much as from occasion you may glean/[Whether aught to us unknown afflicts him thus]/That opened lies within our remedy” (II.II.14-18). Claudius and Hamlet are both extremely sly and cunning and posses similarities with their ability to act, but this could merely be because of the education they both have which has brought them common sense and the ability to think before acting. One major difference of their ability to act is when Hamlet acts on impulse and kills Claudius’ advisor Polonius. Hamlet unlike Claudius has so much anger built up inside of him because of his father’s death and it kept building and building until he finally let it out when talking to his mother about Claudius. He heard a noise from behind a curtain which was Polonius’, and without thinking Hamlet stabs him releasing some of his pent up aggression. Hamlet shows the anger he has within when he says, “A bloody deed-almost as

Hamlet doesn’t think it would be just to kill Claudius now because it would be basically sending him “to heaven” which Hamlet does not want. He wants to take what he perceives as the nobler path of catching Claudius in sin and send him to eternal damnation, where Hamlet’s father supposedly roams. To what seems like noble justice to Hamlet leads him to continuously postpone his revenge. Hamlet is not interested in making himself king, rather he is more interested in killing Claudius the, truthfully, unchristian way. Hamlet does not want Claudius to repent and absolve of his sins. Although Hamlet calls Claudius a “villain”, it makes the reader ponder if the executioner of the villain is always the “hero”. So far in the play, Hamlet does not show any characteristics of a traditional hero as he broods and shows temper tantrums. Using his false sense of righteousness, Hamlet waits for the right chance to exact his noble “revenge”.

In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Hamlet, a studious young man and Prince of Denmark, struggles to face the death of his father and the task to kill his father’s murderer, Claudius. He was once known as a charming, smart young man before his father’s death. However, Hamlet experiences depression and anger at the world, causing him to look outwardly on society but failing to look inwardly on himself. The death of his father and the task for vengeance leads him to question whether or not he should follow through in killing Claudius. He becomes a man of thought rather than a man of action. In addition, the delay of King Claudius’ murder leads the readers to believe that he wishes not to kill him; he

Claudius is only acting out what Hamlet secretly wants to do, take his father’s place as his mother’s lover. This would explain why Hamlet puts off the revenge instead of carrying it out immediately after seeing his father’s ghost. It would also provide a reason for Hamlet’s later insanity.

Hamlet really wanted the revenge on Claudius but was really on the fence of what to actually do to follow through with then plan. Claudius was brave to feel so free, as Hamlet had opportunities to take advantage of him and had plenty of hate towards him for more than one reason. The action Hamlet may want and outcome of it, may be completely different as to what his father would do or like him to do.

Although Hamlet shows himself as indecisive and insecure, towards the end of the story he does show some act of courage; enough to finally go and kill King Claudius. At first, he finds himself procrastinating at the matter, because he comes up behind King Claudius while he’s praying. He originally planned on killing him right then and there, but wait! Hamlet stops and lets his inner coward win over yet again. After a series of deep thoughts, he does decide to kill his uncle, and realizes that he must go through with his plan quickly, before Hamlet himself is killed.

If the revenge plot is considered as a game of chess between Hamlet and King Claudius, we can conclude that King Claudius is the more favourable position in this scene. Because Hamlet’s uncle is the King, he automatically already has the trust and support of his citizens. With this status, Claudius also has the luxury of obtaining any resources he may require to protect himself and/or eliminate Hamlet if he needed to. Hamlet is not in the more favourable position because people are already suspicious of his intentions to kill King Claudius. Hamlet’s play ended in Hamlet appearing guilty upon the possibility of killing his uncle, so the audience was automatically skeptical of Hamlet and his motives. Since no proof exists that King Claudius murdered King Hamlet, a confession is the only way that Hamlet can prove his uncle is guilty. Hamlet is in a complicated situation when it comes to determining how exactly how he will put his plan into action, and must be very careful when plotting his next move as King Claudius has the upper hand of knowing what Hamlet is up to.

Shakespeare's Hamlet is truly a great play to analyze. It is also unique in that a play based on revenge we don't see any action until the end. Hamlet has immediate suspicion and proof of his fathers murder and does not act. This poses the question, why does it take so long for Hamlet to kill Claudius? Hamlet's apparent indecisiveness to act is due to his constant habit of over thinking in addition to several conscious and subconscious distractions.

In the book of Hamlet there were many opportunities to take his revenge but Hamlet found reasons not to. He always found ways to procrastinate until the end of the book. It came to a point where he was a danger to everyone around him. If he would have killed Claudius the first chance he got many lives could have been spared. Hamlet has proved throughout the story he had difficulty taking his revenge by killing King Claudius.

Hamlet knows that he over thinks everything. He plans to kill Claudius because of his desperate desire to avenge his father’s death and right the wrong that was committed, but cannot go through with his plan due to his confusion and uncertainty. He says, "Whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple of thinking too precisely on th'event -A thought which quartered hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward -I do not know Why yet I live to say this things to do" (4, 4, 39-44). He sees himself as either being a coward and as over thinking his actions to delay the murder, instead of killing Claudius when he had the chance.

To begin, Hamlet has a big challenge with killing the king (his dad). He wants to do what his dead father says because Hamlet father wants revenge. One problem that he has it that Hamlet is not a killer. In the beginning he put things off he didn't commit to it he finally step up his game and did something. He reacted what

Throughout the play, Hamlet displays indecisiveness and a tendency to over think. Despite having every desire and intention to kill his uncle, Hamlet procrastinates to the point where he is loathing himself for taking so long. Had Hamlet take the first opportunity to kill Claudius, the play would be a great deal shorter. If I were placed in a similar situation, I believe that my fury caused by someone murdering my father would be enough motivation to avenge him as soon as humanely possible. Consequently, I see Hamlet as an individual who gets so hung up in executing every task perfectly that it