s motives rally between both
Hamlet’s motives rally between both revenge and justice, which becomes an internal conflict which sets the pace of events throughout Shakespeares’ entire play.
Revenge is Hamlet’s inital goal in the prsuit for vindiction of his father’s death. Hamlet is torn between sensibility and care for justice, which puts a halt in taking action against Claudius. Hamlet defeats his inner struggle by combining opposing forces and internally justifying revenge. Hamlet does not initally have a strong enough will to act soley on revenge.
Even though Hamlet said he would quickly seek revenge, he admits that he has been “unpregnant of my cause” and wonders whether he is a “coward”. Not unitl Hamlet bcomes completely fed up w/ his own ination does he finally examine the guilt of Claudius. However this action is stopped when Hamlet whitnesses Claudius praying. His will is rationalized by the notion that Claudius’ soul might escape eternal damnation.
Hamlet finally addresses his “dull revenge” in his climatic soliloquy admitting,” I do not know why yet I live to say this things to do sith have cause and will and strength and means to do so”. He Hamlet finally swears against his previous in action” O! From this time forth my thoughts be bloody or nothing forth, my thoughts be bloody or nothing worth. Hamlets overly intellectual mind in hibits him from taking decisive action and he concedes this in two very important solilouquies. First in the “to be or not to be” soliloquy Hamlet concludes”thus conscience does make cowards of us all, and thus the native hue of resolution is sickled over with the pale cast of though.
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