Hamlet's famous soliloquy (Hamlet, act III, scene 1) shows his thinking ability. Throughout the play, Hamlet stops to think before acting on anything. The more he thinks, the less he does. Therefore, thinking led him to doubt, which led to no action. "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all." Hamlet's "tragic flaw" is his inability to act upon anythnig. .
Stopping to think before acting cost Hamlet numerous opportunities to get revenge. He ironically passed up his most obvious opportunity when Claudius was praying in the church. He wanted to wait until Claudius was doing something. We are like Hamlet, at times , the more we think of doing something, the more we find wrong with it. Hamlet decided to stay with his troubles in life rather than commit suicide. Sometimes, we are like that - staying with what we are familiar with rather than making changes. We are afraid to think about a decision we have made because we may come to regret it later or change our minds. .
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Sometimes when we think about something a long time, it almost seems like we have done it, so then we don't. Hamlet was different; the longer he thought about his father's murder, the angrier toward revenge he became. On his journey home to Denmark, he thought about revenge and planned to kill Claudius. Recognizing he was the victim of a pre-planned duel, Hamlet let his anger overcome him. Hamlet killed Claudius in an act, thus overcoming his own "tragic flaw." .
