Indecision, Hesitation and Delay in Shakespeare's
Hamlet
by Lillian Bonar
Essay: Indecision, Hesitation and Delay in Shakespeare's Hamlet
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A tragic hero is defined as a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall,
suffering, or defeat. The hero in these tragedies is often presented as a noble however, flawed character whose
demise is often impart to their own decisions, often due to their previously mentioned flaws, error in judgment
and imprudent actions. Written in the early 1600’s Shakespeare wrote one arguably one of his greatest and highly
controversial plays, the tragedy known as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Shakespeare in his play introduces us the
pays one of his most popular, enigmatic, and dynamic characters the tragic hero Prince Hamlet. Hamlet is
presented to us a sensitive, religious, loyal, moral, intellectual, and young university student who often
contemplates difficult philosophical questions that cannot be answered with any degree of certainty. When
Hamlet learns that his father, the king of Denmark, had been murdered, he is drawn away from his studies and
proceeds to return home in order to ascertain the truth of his father’s death. In his investigation, he encounters his
father’s ghost whom tells Hamlet that his uncle Claudius, the present king of Denmark, is responsible for his
murder. Now presented with evidence that Claudius murdered his father, Hamlet becomes obsessed with first
proving Claudius’s guilt before taking any actions in exacting revenge on him.
However, Hamlet is extremely pensive and reluctant to carry out on his intended actions as he constantly
overanalyzes each thought due to his intellectual nature, causing him to ignoring his emotions and instincts but
rather rely his morality and logic in order to make decisions. However, with the idea of Hamlet being intellectual
and logical in nature bein...