The Delay in Hamlet’s Revenge

Revenge on Hamlet 's first thought that Hamlet' s father was killed was direct and violent revenge on Claudius. However his subsequent action did not fulfill these resolutions. Ghosts obviously demanded immediate retaliation, but he did not take intentional action against his uncle in four operations. According to S. T. Coleridge's words, the core weakness of Hamlet is that he continues to solve the problem, but only decides. After the hostile conversation between Claudius and Gertrude, Hamlet's first monologue showed his sorrow, bitterness and despair.

Why did Hamlet postpone retaliation? There are many reasons for Hamlet to seek a significant delay in retaliation. Because Hamlet's character is meditation and melancholy, many people think that Hamlet does not take action immediately; omission In view of these features, Hamlet needs evidence and assurance that Claudius killed the really old Hamlet . Another argument that unconsciously Hamlet might not want to kill Claudius for the Oedipus complex. Still another person thought of a more practical explanation. Hamlet wants that the death of Claudius is more painful and ruthless than Old Hamlet. Shake Spear deliberately postponed Hamlet's revenge, he could satisfy the Elizabethan audience and classified "Hamlet" as "tragedy", so there is a possibility that Hamlet's revenge was postponed. Like all tragic heroes, Hamlet must be mistaken to classify him as a "tragic hero". I may retaliate against me in the sixth act of the first act ... Read More

Hamlet is one of William Shakespeare's famous plays. It is being read by most people in the world. On the other hand, it is considered to be one of the complex plays of Shakespeare. This is due to retaliation delay due to rebellious action by Prince Hamlet. Both of these points are controversial among critics. This universe is the mystery of God, Hamlet 's revenge is the mystery of Shakespeare. It is difficult to find the real reason for Hamlet's delayed behavior and the reason for his absurd tendency. Hemingway said here: "Hamlet is a mystery, Brutus is a mystery, Shakespeare has rewrote the tragedy of Brutus called Hamlet's tragedy."

Hamlet 's revenge has no effect compared with these characters. If he decides to take action, he will delay his action until the game is over. In the tragedy of the revenge of the Elizabethan era, this delay is not uncommon. The difference between Hamlet and other contemporary works is that Shakespeare uses delays to establish the emotional and psychological complexity of Hamlet.

Hamlet most closely reflects Elizabeth's revenge genre. At the center of many discussions is the obvious delay of Hamlet's revenge. A critical debate about this so-called procrastination has a long history. Goethe believed that Hamlet was too sensitive, Collidge and A. W. von Schlegel thought it was too intelligent to act. At the beginning of the 20th century, British critic AC Bradley believed that he was tied up with depression. I think that he is too complicated to kill his uncle (see "Hamlet").