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A Tragic Procrastination

Throughout centuries, many scholars have attempted to derive and make conclusion's about concepts found in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. One very popular argument arising from this is to as why the main character, Hamlet, consistently delays the murder of Cladius. Many questions arise from Hamlet's revenge,or lack thereof, due to the fact that no one but Hamlet himself knows why he continually delays acting out his duty of avenging his father's murder. As complex as the tragedy was, a limited amount of perfectly logical explanations can be drawn from it. Hamlet's prolonged procrastination of the killing of his uncle was a result of truth lacking in his surroundings; his fear of the consequnces of murder; and the overzealous planning put into his deep and indictive plot.

To begin, Hamlet's indecision in avenging his father's death was a result of Hamlet lacking knowledge, more specifically, lacking truth of his surrounding atmosphere. He wishes to seek......

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