Examples Of Hamlet Indecisive

Prince Hamlet of Denmark is mourning the death of his father the old king and his mother just got remarried to his uncle. Hamlet’s father the old king appears as a ghost and informs him that he was murdered by Hamlets uncle the present king of Denmark and Hamlet must avenge his death. The task given to him is very easy, but Hamlet is unable to complete that task until the very end of the play. Hamlet is indecisive he does not know when to take action and when he does take action it is not in the appropriate form. After the apparition of the ghost, he decides to stage a play that will recreate the story his father told him to see if Claudius is guilty. The plan goes as follows and Claudius stands up, shouts for light, and rushes off. After he acquires, proof that his uncle killed his father he does not act. Hamlet is given the perfect opportunity to avenge his father when Claudius is kneeling down, in prayer yet he decides not kill him because he says “now I’ll do’t : and so he goes to heaven… at game, a swearing, or about some act that has no relish salvation”. He misses the perfect opportunity to kill Claudius, but instead kills Polonius. Polonius has nothing to do with his revenge plan; he is supposed to kill his father murder. Hamlet is so indecisive that he can’t even make a decision on whether it’s better to be alive or dead.
Throughout the whole play he keeps saying he wants to avenge his father’s death but he takes not concrete actions.
He is all talk but no action; he doesn’t kill Claudius until the end of the play when everybody else is dying. Hamlet does not live up to his duties as a prince, the state is facing an imminent danger yet he spends relatively little time thinking about the threats to Denmark’s national security. As the prince of Denmark he should be preparing for Fortinbras, imminent attack rather than contemplating
suicide.

Fortinbras character is a foil to Hamlet character, both Fortinbras and hamlet have deceased fathers and uncles that are ruling the throne. The difference between the two is that while Hamlet sits around contemplating life and death, Fortinbras takes immediate action by raising an army to reclaim Norway's lost territories. Fortinbras character is a representation of what a prince should be as he does not wait for orders but instead give orders. The difference between these characters highlights Hamlets inability to a make decision and act.
I think that hamlet was not really interested in killing his uncle but rather felt the burden to carry his father’s revenge plans. He says “The time is out of joint. O cursed spite that I ever was born to set it right”. This demonstrates that he is not really interested in avenging his father but it his filial duty to do so. I think that the reason why he is so indecisive in nature is because he wasn’t too thrilled about the plan to begin with.