... and has responsibilities; he also feels pride and a sense of duty. Hamlet's indecisiveness in killing Claudius is justified through the nature, actions, and beliefs of many characters. The Ghost, Hamlet's father, explained his death and instructed Hamlet to kill Claudius. Hamlet describes the Ghost as, "My father's spirit in arms! All is not well" (1.2). Hamlet says in act one, scene five, "Haste me to know't, that I, with ... the play, "The Murder of Gonzago" (2.2). Preventing the king from going to Heaven and the need to confirm the King's guilt are two valid reasons Hamlet delays kill...

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... and has responsibilities; he also feels pride and a sense of duty. Hamlet's indecisiveness in killing Claudius is justified through the nature, actions, and beliefs of many characters. The Ghost, Hamlet's father, explained his death and instructed Hamlet to kill Claudius. Hamlet describes the Ghost as, "My father's spirit in arms! All is not well" (1.2). Hamlet says in act one, scene five, "Haste me to know't, that I, with ... the play, "The Murder of Gonzago" (2.2). *Preventing the king from going to Heaven and the need to confirm the King's guilt are two valid reasons Hamlet delays kill...

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• Grade Level: High School

... for vengeance is cast into disrepute. When the time of the duel arrives, while he does strike an ultimately mortal blow to Hamlet, in the confusion of the fight, the fighters trade foils and ironically Laertes, is stricken with the very foil he poisoned and he too dies of its effects. But to his credit, Laertes does begin to doubt his own motives ... for vengeance is completed. Upon the death of his mother, and of Laertes' confession, it seems that Hamlet finally has enough proof of Claudius' treachery to kill him. First, he stabs his uncle with the poisoned foil, and then, as a final a...

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The main characters in Hamlet include Hamlet, Cluadius, Polonius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Laertes, and Horatio. This play is centralized around Hamlet, however the other characters contribute to his problems. The main character is Hamlet. Hamlet is the son of passed King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude. He must decide whether to kill his uncle Claudius and revenge his father's death. Hamlet is an introspective character who does not know whether to trust the ... France but returns when he learns that his father has been killed. He fights Hamlet in a fencing match at the end, and kills Hamlet by slashing...

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