usand men that, for fantasy and a trick of fame, go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, which is not tomb enough and continent to hide the slain. O, from this time forth thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!" (Act 4 Scene 4). Those soldiers fight and die for an insignificant plot of land, and they do it because they are soldiers, for no other reason. This convinces Hamlet to follow through and do his duty.Hamlet realizes that he should do what his role dictates strictly because it is his role. He does not falter in his after he returns and fully embraces the act. In reaction to Ophelias death he is again behaving as he should have. She was his love interest and as such he should have loved her more than her brother. This is shown when Hamlet says "I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not, with their quantity of love, make up my sum" (Act 5 Scene 1). Hamlet should have loved her, but he did not. Had he loved her he would not have not treated her so poorly earlier. He is now committed to acting, and loving Ophelia fits the role. In the rest of the play Hamlet sticks to his resolve. He barely has time to tell his story of escape to Horatio before he is challenged. He does not refuse the challenge because as nobility, which he is finally claiming to be, he cannot refuse and keep his honor. Hamlet goes to the match and because he has now accepted the role, he does not hesitate to kill the King when prompted to do so.It would seem that being a good actor would be paramount to lessening the tragedy of Hamlet. Had Hamlet been truly comfortable with acting, Claudius would have been the only causality. But instead, throughout the whole play, Hamlet wrestles with an inner conflict that ultimately costs not only Claudius life, but also many others, including his own. This is an inner conflict that strikes to the root of Hamlets being. If can not decide which role to play. He even feels ...
