... audience is revealed of Hamlet's plans to avenge his father. However, Hamlet vacillates in the play, exuding a sense of uncertainty shown in his encounter with the ghost of Old Hamlet. Hamlet first proclaims he will "revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" and "sweep to my revenge". However, it is later juxtaposed with the doubt he exhibits, " ... 's The Moral Vision of Jacobean Tragedy, provides a different perspective, articulating how Hamlet "is the voice of ethical sensibility" . On reading Ornstein, I develop a greater insight into the scene where Claudius is at prayer and repent...

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