uld beimpossible to prove". His aim is not to kill the King and get thethrone. He is primarily concerned with punishing the murderer of hisfather, punishing him under the shelter of justice (Grebanier,111-113). So, Hamlet does delay, according to Stoll, but with purposeto create his deed momentous when the right moment comes. This iswhat's behind his "procrastination" in the church. Until he has theproof, he must be patient. His words in church, then, are not at allexcuse for delay when he says that he must wait for King to be in actthat "has no relish of salvation in't" (1). Rather, he speaks tohimself in attempt to force himself not to use violence, but to bepatient. So, instead of showing a flaw in the church, Hamlet showsvirtue, his prudent patience. He is now absolutely determined in hisplan and all of his actions are directed towards one accomplishment -to justly punish the one who murdered his father. The proof of this isin the last scene when he orders Horatio to let everyone know thetruth, and what went on in the kingdom in the last two months. Hamlet is the only Shakespeare's tragic hero who doesn't havea tragic flaw, which makes him an ideal hero, instead a tragic one.Hamlet the play still is the revenge tragedy, for Hamlet never lived tosee the full revenge.OUTLINEI. IntroductionII. Hamlet's Delay 1. The situation of the play that that surrounds Hamlet 2. Ur-Hamlet as a basis of Hamlet 3. Two months delay question 4. Psychological only interpretation of Hamlet 5. Aristotelian definitions of drama 6. Hamlet actions as a synthesis of character and plot 7. The scene in church - most importatnt for the notion of delay 8. Delay because Hamlet is passive and too emotional 9. Murdering the King is murdering the proof 10. Virtue of patience rather than procrastination flawIII. ConclusionWorks Cited1. Hamlet. The Norton Introduction to Literature, Shorter 6th Edition,editors Bain, Beaty, Hunter,New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995.2...
