Hamlet’s Indecisiveness

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uncle he spent too much time debating it and therefore he had to live with the burden of anger towards his uncle. The anger his felt towards his uncle caused him to eventually go insane.

Although Hamlet is written in the early seventeenth century, it can still be relevant to today’s time and age. Hamlet’s mother moved on so quickly after her husband passed away, and it was seen as a unbelievable crime. Today it is also looked down upon to move on so quickly, but ends up happening way too often. The crime of murder is also an unforgivable sin; Claudius committed that sin and it is just about the same these days. People will go through great lengths to reach to the place that they want to come too. Claudius wanted to be the King so bad that he murdered his own brother. When one wants something so desperately they become so obsessed with the idea in their head that they will do anything to make it happen. In 2015 alone 15,700 people were murdered for despicable reasons. The time and life-style from the seventeenth century to now may have changed massively but the evil that remains in one’s heart has not changed a bit.

Hamlet’s character trait of over-thinking his life as it goes around him can be seen as a flaw, but that is what makes the play of Hamlet so intriguing. If Hamlet had not obsessed over his mother’s marriage, there wouldn’t have been a play at all. If Hamlet would have killed claudius when he was praying in in act III, the play would have ended there. If Hamlet would have killed himself, he wouldn’t have been there for the rest of the play. If Hamlet wasn’t Hamlet what fun would that be? Hamlet’s indecisiveness is definitely frustrating but it is what allows shakespeare’s audience the intensity of the rising action throughout the play. Yes, Hamlet thinks way too much, but Hamlet’s constant indecisiveness is one of his greatest character traits.