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Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare. Hamlet. http://taramiladi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/hamlet2.jpg?w=300&h=204. Hamlet’s Indecisiveness. The questions of Indecision. Who? What? WHY? How?. By: Sabrina Gambill and Richard Mixter.

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Hamlet

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  1. By: William Shakespeare Hamlet http://taramiladi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/hamlet2.jpg?w=300&h=204

  2. Hamlet’s Indecisiveness The questions of Indecision Who? What? WHY? How? By: Sabrina Gambill and Richard Mixter

  3. Hamlet’s indecision in the play through his disbelief in the ghost of King Hamlet, his contemplation of suicide, and his inability to enact his revenge on Claudius leads to his insanity. The Theme of Indecision

  4. The Ghost-From Heaven or Hell? http://www.davidtennantnewsdev.com/images/easyblog_shared/Photos/TV/ShakeUncov/shake174.jpg

  5. Hamlet is appalled to learn of his father’s murder, and swears to the ghost that he will take revenge. However, this decisiveness does not last long.

  6. Vengeance Versus Morality- Hamlet is unable to distinguish the ghost’s true intentions. http://cambivalence.blogspot.com/2013_04_01_archive.html

  7. “O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple hell? Hold, hold, my heart! (I.v.92.)” http://bearsenglishpage20112012.wikispaces.com/Jenny+Kim

  8. Indecision about the ghost Prevents him from taking immediate revenge http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/384x216/legacy/clip/p005qdg6.jpg?nodefault=true

  9. The dilemma of taking revenge initiates Hamlet’s insanity that consumes his life. https://encryptedtbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaPZSSjMD1LBK4mpbqBkj0d8j36TtSHWteGgJNrdvlMGswSeN63w

  10. Facing the unknown https://encryptedtbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZTq56KqFTsQEb07P66G4couWAClEeR9-pVy15Lq6w3PJvrTQ8

  11. Hamlet • Thoughtful • Intelligent • Philosophical • Judgmental http://www.hmongplus.com/Z2JZaU01WFhTRW8z

  12. Conflicts of Hamlet • Death of his father • Marriage of his mother • Betrayal by his friends • Moral judgment http://blogtorwho.blogspot.com/2008/08/david-tennant-in-hamlet.html

  13. “To be, or not to be- that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them. To die- to sleep.” III.i.761.

  14. His morals struggle with accepting the apparition’s command of revenge which drives him mad. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t85bbPqJGw/THJ0CIu_YWI/AAAAAAAAAvg/TuXOa6HvY7Q/s1600/Ham2_165.jpg

  15. Though suicidal, he accepts the fact of his life to live and fight the known rather than face the unknown. rebloggy.com

  16. To Kill the King https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSyQatXMK3m_y9NZKtjkh_dat2Hu6iStdK56EkoSWy-g1AHyukvEw

  17. http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/aug/05/david.tennant.hamlethttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/aug/05/david.tennant.hamlet Hamlet has the king alone and vulnerable. The moment to strike is right yet…

  18. “Now I might do it pat, now he is praying.- And now I’ll do’t. And so he goes to heaven, And so I am reveng’d.-That would be scanned.” III.iv. 733. video.pbs.org

  19. Hamlet is unable to commit to revenging his father and this makes him spiral deeper into his insanity. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-AxZ60iydu8/Sje-hL0pzsI/AAAAAAAAAj8/k0cCRT5TYOo/s400/barefoot+Hamlet+DT.jpg

  20. Hamlet’s insanity reaches the point of no return at the death of Polonius due to the indecision to take revenge. https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIiY_xg5VO53jbUWwBojBY4K0Ey6MV79mZ06Rx2y_fFZI7VRTP

  21. https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT-nygsQWs0j8U5k0KgR5GJ4UMimtdONBHCG9PXcooAv8sGRfJEhttps://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT-nygsQWs0j8U5k0KgR5GJ4UMimtdONBHCG9PXcooAv8sGRfJE Hamlet’s Indecision leads to a missed opportunity

  22. The Tragedy That Is Hamlet -Conclusion https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTqXXON-fpm121gN1r_yxwdjL7lHUuyOE3HPYPyeK6HBeUeRKgT

  23. Hamlet’s insanity is the result of his indecisiveness in determining the ghost’s intentions, his suicidal musings, and his inability to enact revenge upon Claudius. https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQNPWaTjTC0p4gcUdbxBhoXq6-yIWkICOWEKulqnHim0ZPC3SAp

  24. If Hamlet was able to overcome his indecisive nature and enact justice upon Claudius more swiftly his insanity would not have taken his life.

  25. Works Cited Elliott, George P. "Hamlet." Themes in World Literature. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. N. pages 727-804. Print.

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