FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Hamlet starts to have second thoughts about being a murderer because then he would be just as evil as Claudius
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Hamlet realizes that his sword is not sharpened, so it would be a difficult job using a dull sword
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Hamlet hears his mother calling him, and he changes his mind and decides to speak with her instead
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Hamlet is worried that if Claudius is killed while in prayer, then he will go directly to heaven, thus thwarting Hamlet’s quest for vengeance
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Detailed explanation-1: -But suddenly it occurs to him that if he kills Claudius while he is praying, he will end the king’s life at the moment when he was seeking forgiveness for his sins, sending Claudius’s soul to heaven.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Hamlet comes upon him kneeling and draws his sword, but then stops to think that if he kills Claudius at prayer, Claudius will go to heaven. Hamlet decides to kill Claudius when the king is committing a sin so that Claudius will instead go to hell.
Detailed explanation-4: -In another moment of hesitation in Act Three, Hamlet aborts the killing of Claudius because the man’s praying, and Hamlet worries that his uncle will go to Heaven if he dies while praying.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet did not murder Claudius as he did not want him to go to heaven. At first, he wasn’t sure about his uncle’s guilt and didn’t strive to stab an innocent man. Once Hamlet saw Claudius’ reaction to The Murder of Gonzago, all the doubts disappeared. Yet an opportunity to kill him appeared when Claudius was praying.