Essay About Hamlets Speech And Simple Answer

Hamlet
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In Hamlets speech in act three, scene three Hamlet discloses many
facets of his character to us, aspects that we have thus far only been able
to see as fragments in other speeches. He reveals himself to be an
over-analytical man who often procrastinates. He also shows that he does
not really want to kill Claudius but feels compelled to out of a sense of
duty to his dead father. Hamlet demonstrates his over-analytical nature in
line seventy-three of the speech when he says “That would be scannd:”,
meaning that he should examine his situation more closely. Instead of
simply killing Claudius while he had the chance he over-analyses and
eventually decides to postpone Claudius murder, missing the best chance he
will obtain in the play. Hamlet is also a procrastinator and this is
demonstrated many times in the play. In line eighty he says “Why, this is
hire and salary, not revenge”. He knows that he must kill Claudius but he
postpones it. This almost suggests that Hamlet does not really want to
kill Claudius, but feels obligated to do so. Through his over-analysis he
seems to be almost talking himself out of doing his job.
One of Hamlets most renown traits is his over-analysis of
conversational topics and situations in which action must be taken. An
example of his over-analytical nature is apparent in his speech in act one,
scene four, line 13. He begins his speech quite normally, replying with a
simple answer to Horatios inquiry but then his thoughts begin to wander