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Why Did Hamlet Decide To Kill Claudius

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Robert R. Reed Jr. had stated that Hamlet delayed his revenge to avenge his fathers murder due to internal meditations and external obstacles on his hesitation on killing his uncle Claudius, obstacles preventing him from killing Claudius. The critic states that one of the external obstacles on Hamlet delaying his revenge was because of his uncertainty of the identity of the ghost I agree with this critic since when Hamlet had first encountered the ghost of his father near the beginning of the play, Hamlet’s father demands for him to get revenge on Claudius, informing Hamlet that Claudius had killed him, although the spirit could’ve been a demonic spirit disguised as his father who is demanding Hamlet to avenge his death on Claudius who has …show more content…

Although after Hamlet had crossed paths with his fathers spirit, he doesn’t take immediate action into avenging his fathers death and seeking revenge on Claudius, this critic states that it was because he is uncertain of the ghosts identity, believing that it may be a ‘devil’, Hamlet doesn’t take immediate action due to the external obstacle of uncertainty if the ghost of his father is his true self or that it was a ‘devil’ who is disguised as his fathers soul, Robert R. Reed Jr. analyzes this external obstacle as one of the many factors as to why he had delayed his revenge since Hamlet was unsure about the identity of the

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