Indecisiveness In Hamlet
Hamlet’s indecisiveness to act leads to the deaths of his beloved mother Gertrude, his only love Ophelia, her father and brother, along with his old friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hamlet is a young, childlike character who is also a student of life due to his contemplating nature in which he is always questioning everything “to be, or not to be: that is the question” (Act III, Scene I). Hamlet delays to act because he does not know how to respond to Claudius’ action because secretly that is what he wanted—to kill his father and marry his mother. Not in actuality, but deep down in the recesses of psychological turmoil almost all sons love their mothers to such an extent that they are jealous of their fathers, and wish to take their
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The Oedipus complex explains why Hamlet delays in avenging his father’s murder, along with explaining his sheer opposition to his mother’s desultory marriage to his father’s killer, and his general mad …show more content…
And so he goes to heaven” (Act III, Scene III,). But Hamlet has more opportunities to kill Claudius but does not. For instance, if Hamlet really wanted to kill Claudius he could have sent his mother away when they were alone in the chamber together discussing Hamlet’s state of mind: “How does Hamlet? Mad as the sea and wind when both contend” (Act IV, Scene I). The real reason why Hamlet delays in his actions is because if he kills Claudius he essentially kills a piece of himself that he sees in Claudius. Brooker explains that according to Freud the Oedipal complex explains Hamlet’s childlike infantile mind which is the source of the id (29-30). According to Freud’s psychoanalytic personality theory the id, ego, and superego are the three parts that make up the human personality (Freud). Hamlet’s hatred for his mother stem from his id, and his desire to take revenge of his father’s death is the result of his superego. This is why Hamlet does everything except delay in taking revenge because he cannot come to grips about killing the only thing that he clings too—how he sees himself within
The Oedipus complex explains why Hamlet delays in avenging his father’s murder, along with explaining his sheer opposition to his mother’s desultory marriage to his father’s killer, and his general mad …show more content…
And so he goes to heaven” (Act III, Scene III,). But Hamlet has more opportunities to kill Claudius but does not. For instance, if Hamlet really wanted to kill Claudius he could have sent his mother away when they were alone in the chamber together discussing Hamlet’s state of mind: “How does Hamlet? Mad as the sea and wind when both contend” (Act IV, Scene I). The real reason why Hamlet delays in his actions is because if he kills Claudius he essentially kills a piece of himself that he sees in Claudius. Brooker explains that according to Freud the Oedipal complex explains Hamlet’s childlike infantile mind which is the source of the id (29-30). According to Freud’s psychoanalytic personality theory the id, ego, and superego are the three parts that make up the human personality (Freud). Hamlet’s hatred for his mother stem from his id, and his desire to take revenge of his father’s death is the result of his superego. This is why Hamlet does everything except delay in taking revenge because he cannot come to grips about killing the only thing that he clings too—how he sees himself within