s hesitation does not stop there.Hamlet also gives reason for his dawdle of revenge to the fact that he just isn’t man enough to “do the deed.” Even though his father has been slain, he still cannot bring himself to do what he has promised and for that he torments himself. “Am I a coward? Who calls me villain?…’Swounds, I should take it! For it cannot be. But I am a pigeon-livered and lack gall to make oppression bitter…O, vengeance! Why what an ass am I!” Nelson, 2Hamlet realizes his faults and that all he can do about his uncle is to “unpack my heart with words and fall a-cursing like a very drab…” These feelings are justified though. To deal with the death of a father and a mother who seems to be a bit promiscuous, and then to attempt to commit murder, seems to be a bit much for one young person to handle, and Hamlet just can’t.The fact that Hamlet does eventually avenge his father makes the whole play worthwhile, but the fact that he takes so long causes his own death. The emotions and troubles he deals with were too much to overcome, proving that he still had not quite entered manhood, and was still innocent of the world’s evil deeds. If Hamlet had lived, the lessons he might have learned would be to take care of business as it comes, and not to sit around and analyze everything. As the saying goes, “Just do it.” It’s that simple. ...
