... pat, now he is a-praying. / And now I'll do't" (Shakespeare 3.3.76-79). Hamlet then rationalizes why he should kill Claudius now. His reason is because he is doing a good deed by killing Claudius, for he is a villain. Next, Hamlet procrastinates, putting off the killing of his uncle: To take him in the purging of his soul, When he is fit and ... because he fears that the partygoers will gossip about him: [They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!"] My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly on my chin, My necktie and modest, but asserted by a simple pin- [They will say, "But how his...

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• Grade Level: High School