Avenging his Fathers Death in Shakespeares Hamlett

Hamlet is revealed as indecisive through his attempts to avenge his father’s death. Throughout the play, Hamlet is overwhelmed with his emotions and the feeling of revenge. Hamlet hesitates in killing Claudius due to his fear of making the wrong decision. He is held back by his excessive religious morals and beliefs. This indecisiveness is part of Hamlet’s character for most of the play, but he undergoes a drastic change. He begins to show an intention of immediate bloody revenge on Claudius. Prince Hamlet is a student who enjoys contemplating difficult philosophical questions. When his father, king of Denmark, dies, he returns home to find evidence of foul play in his father’s death. The Ghost of Hamlet’s father tells Prince Hamlet that his uncle Claudius is the murderer. Throughout the rest of the play, Hamlet seeks to prove Claudius’ guilt before he confronts Claudius. At times he is constantly overusing his intellect while ignoring his emotions, and ignoring what is the right thing to do. His extreme logic causes him to delay his revenge against Claudius until the final scene of the play. Where Hamlet kills Claudius and proves that Claudius did murder his father. At the beginning of the play, Hamlet acts out of pure intellect and processed logic. He dismisses his natural instincts. He is afraid to act with them. For instance, when Hamlet encounters his father’s ghost; he does not believe it is his father. Even though he has an emotional reaction to the ghost.