contemplate every action, reaction, and consequences. This proved Hamlet to a very poor prince, heir to the throne, but a very wise intellect. Many attempts and ponderies did Hamlet have towards his revenging actions. His first attempt toward revenge was while Claudius was praying. this plan failed as Hamlet had to sit, once more, and contemplate Claudius’ ascend into heaven, thus proving not the be a true and victorious revenge. This left Hamlet in a mournful sate. For he knew that he was a thinker and not a man of action. In act I, scene V , Hamlet promises “that, I with wings as swift as meditation . . . may sweep to my revenge.” But Hamlet’s swift meditation slowed the process of his revenge. When met with the players great display of emotions of Hecuba (Act II, Scene II), Hamlet is moved to think about his feeling, his duty, and his lack of action. What’s Hecuba to him . . . that he should weep for her . . . yet I, a dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak . . . unpregnant of my cause and can say nothing . . . who does me this. (II.II.552-570) Hamlet mourns over his inability for swift and hasty action. He knows that he is damned to his prison of though. Hamlet has no control over what he does, or better yet, what he does not do. Hamlet’s first act towards “action” is with the death of Polonius. In a heated argument with his mother, Hamlet believes to hear the outcry of Claudius. Believing he has caught the newly kind in an enraged state; thus sending him straight to hell; Hamlet finds it the best time to take what is due him. But the life of Claudius was not taken. For it proved to be Polonius. From here Hamlet began his decision into action. Hamlet still begins to question why he, unlike others, have a problem moving himself to action. When he hears about Fortinbras’’ plan to take over the polish and he begins to scold himself, for Hamlet believes that he, at least, has just...
