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Title: Hamlet
Words: 449
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the main character, being Hamlet himself, continually delays acting out his duty of avenging his father's murders. Both his nature and his morals prevent him from carrying out certain tasks.
In the opening scenes of the play, the Ghost of Hamlets deceased father reveals to Hamlet the means by which King Hamlet died, and that revenge must be taken. He tells him that Claudius, who was presently Hamlets uncle, stepfather, and the present king, caused his father's death. His initial response was to act on the Ghost's demands quickly. Hamlet says "Haste me to know't that I with wings as swift"¦May sweep to my revenge."¯ On the contrary, he does the exact opposite and by the end of the same scene, he becomes evidently reluctant to murder King Claudius. He st ...
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