FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Because he doesn’t want him to go to heaven
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Because he wants to torture him first
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Because he doesn’t want to get caught
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He wants Claudius to know that he knows what happened to his father
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet delays killing Claudius because Claudius represents Hamlet’s innermost desires to sleep with his mother Gertrude . And by killing Claudius, Hamlet would be killing a part of himself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why does Hamlet choose not to kill Claudius when he has the chance? Hamlet saw Claudius praying and feared that killing him now may send Claudius’ soul to heaven.
Detailed explanation-3: -His uncle Claudius took over the throne and married Hamlet’s mother Gertrude. One day a ghost, Hamlet’s dead father, told him how Claudius killed him by putting poison into his ear. Hamlet seeks revenge for his dead father and wants to kill Claudius for his crime.…
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the irony of Hamlets decision while Claudius is at prayer? It is ironic because Hamlet thought that he could not kill him because he would be sent to heaven but Claudius says that his prayer didnt work. This means that Hamlet could have killed him but he is a coward.
Detailed explanation-5: -After discovering that Claudius did in fact murder his father in the previous act, Hamlet seems more prepared than ever to kill him, but decides to delay again to ensure that there is ‘no relish of salvation in’t, ’ ensuring that Claudius does not go to ‘heaven.