Hamlet is principally a man of strong morals. Hamlet is quick to decide on the moral repugnance of his mother’s decision to marry his Uncle just a few months after the death of his father.

“O most wicked speed with such dexterity to incestuous sheets.”

Hamlet’s moral fastidiousness is derived from two things: the chivalric code and his religious beliefs. While he often contemplates suicide (“To be or not to be”), Hamlet’s faith and fears

Hamlet’s devotion to his iconic father and fulfillment of his “filial obligation” is a commendable quality. Hamlet loved and respected his father who he idolises and describing as a “satyr”. Claudius has wronged Hamlet and his family by murdering Old King Hamlet for the sake of his ambition. Hamlet’s intent on obtaining vengeance on the usurper, the “smiling damned villain” is a noble one. In his deliberations Hamlet is moral, not scheming and self-interested. Unlike so many others in the world of Ellsinore, Hamlet is not motivated or influenced by ambition. Hamlet does not hold the desire to wear the crown of Denmark, despite the fact that such an attempt at a coup would be supported by the people as “he is loved of the distracted multitude.”

that prevent him from taking such action. He respects the “everlastings... canon gainst self slaughter.” Hamlet too recognises the Christian call for forgiveness and Christianity’s quarrels with the notion of revenge.

Hamlet’s nobility and decency are not diminished by his inability to take immediate revenge, but his rash and impulsive actions in slaying Pol

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