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Hamlet - College Essay

Hamlet

The reluctant character , Prince of Denmark, has become one of the most cited characters in history. Throughout Shakespeare's play knows what he must do, but avoids it in his mind. The problem is: why does delay in avenging his father's death? is afraid. He is afraid of failure. tries to play off his fear by blaming outside circumstances, like doubting the existence of the ghost when he knows in his heart it is true, and not having the right opportunity to exact revenge. What it all boils down to is a belief in himself, or lack of, that is a lack of self confidence.
's excuse of doubting the ghost is displayed in his actions when they meet. "Be thou a spirit of health or a ...

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The mere fact that hesitates to reveal that he has seen the ghost at all and swears Horatio and the other sentinels to secrecy, shows his want to keep the proof of his father's death secret. When says, "If his occulted guilt/ do not itself unkennel in one speech,/ it is a damned ghost that we have seen,/ and my imaginations are as foul/ as Vulcan's stithy." (Act 3, Sc. 2, ln. 85-89)(141) here wants to believe the ghost is a demon and tries to persuade himself that it is. knows in his self it is real. knows the ghost is the ghost of his father, and is afraid to admit it. tries to cover his fear of revenge up by acting as if he doubts the existence of the ghost.
Another way covers up his fear is by blaming the wait to kill Claudius on his lack of perfect opportunity. Once believes that Claudius is truly the murderer he says, "And now I'll do't./ And so he goes to heaven,/ and so I am revenged./ That would be scanned: A villain kills my father, and for that./ I, his ...

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