annot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it. I loved you not" (III.i.126-28). He implies that if she were still a virgin, then he could love her and be with her. Hamlet's lack of ambition now begins to diminish his zeal for life and lead to lost loved-ones. Though his flaw may cause Hamlet to lose those that are dear to him, he is still considered noble in several ways. He is intelligent, due to his schooling at Wittenberg. However, being intelligent does not make a person noble; Hamlet also has manners and civilized attributes as Ophelia expresses, "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword,Th'expectancy and rose of the fair state,The glass of fashion and the mould of form,The observed of all observers...(III.i.159-62)Along with Hamlet's goodness, he also is able to admit his flaws. He admits that the one thing keeping him from revenge is his conscience as he says, "How all occasions do inform against me, / And spur my dull revenge!" (IV.iv.34-35). The fact that Hamlet is able to admit his own flaws proves that Hamlet is a truly noble man.After returning to Denmark, Hamlet comes across a gravedigger doing his job. Watching the digger toss up skulls, without giving a care as to whom they might belong, Hamlet understands why he cannot kill Claudius; it is because he is not used to it. This must also be why Claudius kills so easily, because he has done it before. Also at the grave, Hamlet realizes his true purpose in life. He begins to understand that these skulls are only bones and that it does not matter whose bones they once were, they are now part of the earth. Hamlet explains:"No, faith, not a jot, but to follow him thither with Modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it. Alexander died,Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust, the dustIs Earth, of earth we make loam, and why of that loamWhereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barr...
