After Hamlet’s father was killed, his world was turned upside down. He was thrusted into a whirlwind of commotion. For one, he had to live life without a man who he deeply loved. Next, his mother remarries, nearly three wakes later. To add insult to an already painful injury, the man his mother-queen married happened to be his late father’s brother. Newly crowned King Claudius did not help the situation. It appeared Hamlet’s life couldn’t get any worse. That was until he was visited by a ghost, who claimed to be his late father

Hamlet’s initial instinct was to do this deed, and do it now. He owed it to himself and to his father. However, as if life hadn’t been rough enough for Hamlet, he quickly was brought down to earth when he realized what he had to do. Commit treason. Go against religious beliefs. These overbearing thoughts would go on to plague Hamlet throughout the play.

Hamlet takes action in his dying minutes. After realizing that he has been mortally wounded he kills the king to complete his task. Had he acted earlier, and not delayed, Hamlet could’ve gone on to live a life of success. However, he thought too much, and didn’t act enough. Clearly Hamlet’s tragic flaws were his rationalizing and his vacillating.

While Hamlet rationalizes, and thinks of what to do, he realizes another thing. In his first soliloquy Hamlet contemplates suicide, saying that he would do it if it were a sin. He wishes that he had never been put into the situation he is in. Hamlet comes to the conclusion that he has to act so he sets

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