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Problem Of Delay In Hamlet

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Procrastination is the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable ones, and thus putting off impending tasks to a later time, sometimes to the "last minute" before the deadline. The greatest problem in ‘Hamlet’ is the problem of Hamlet’s delay in avenging the murder of his father. What makes Hamlet delay the execution of the orders of the ghost, has always baffled the critics. It is the reason that even today there is no unanimity about the cause of the delay. We have only to content ourselves with various speculations about it.

Key Words: Hamlet, Procrastination, Problem of delay, Hamlet’s Delay
Introduction
Procrastination may result in stress, anxiety, a sense of guilt and crisis, health problems, and severe loss of personal productivity, as well as social disapproval for not meeting responsibilities or commitments. These feelings combined may promote further procrastination. While it is regarded as normal for people to procrastinate to some degree, it becomes a problem when it impedes normal …show more content…

Coleridge finds in Hamlet ‘an almost amorous-intellectual activity and a proportionate aversion to real action consequent upon it.’ This view of Hamlet’s character given to irresolution and procrastination is revealed in one of his soliloquies. He himself feels ashamed of being a coward who can only ‘unpack his heart’ with words and can start cursing like a kitchen menial. The majority of critics attribute the cause of delay to this philosophic outlook of Hamlet that unnerves Dim at the moment when he should plunge into action and execute the deed.
Hamlet’s Philosophical Speculation
Hamlet has been one of the most philosophical character. He was essentially preoccupied with existential problems. He says in the mood of utter disgust: How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this

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