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A 4 page paper which examines how Hamlet’s poor judgment and inability to act appropriately when required cause his own downfall and that of many others. No additional sources are used.
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Yet, upon closer scrutiny, it becomes increasingly apparent that though Hamlet is quick to lay blame elsewhere; the true blame for his own misfortune lies within. Because he often
exercises poor judgment (which manifests itself through impulsive and reckless actions), he attempts to compensate by pausing too long to achieve clarity. Hamlet veers off-course due to overwhelming moments
of insecurity, a tendency to overanalyze situations, and a self-centeredness that blinds him to the pain of others. This inability to act appropriately in a given situation along with
his delayed response to accomplish what he sets out to do results in his downfall and that of those who have the misfortune of being in the wrong place at
the wrong time. When Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his murdered father, he is quick to promise swift revenge against Claudius, the poisonous perpetrator who stole
his fathers wife and crown. Yet whenever he has the opportunity to kill Claudius, he avoids doing so. Instead of simply doing the deed, he hatches an elaborate
plot to fake madness, which provokes fear in Queen Gertrude, suspicion in Claudius and his assistant Polonius, and calculatedly alienates his lover, Ophelia. Remember, Hamlet is but a mere
college student, who despite his cunning, is often depressed and riddled with insecurity. His convoluted responses to his fathers demand for retribution may be because Hamlet simply does not
know what to do, which he admits to himself when he contemplates suicide: "To be, or not to be- that is the question: / Whether tis nobler in the mind
to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die- to
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