hamlet-man of thinking and action

Hamlet-man of thinking and action
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. “Hamlet” is one of
very famous play of Shakespeare. Someone say that Hamlet- a leading actor in this work – is a
man of thinking as well as action.
“Hamlet’ praises the heroic deeds of a good, decent man living in a bad world. It’s also
reflects the inner struggle within Hamlet, tearing him apart between what he has learnt and what
he seen.
Hamlet is a man of thinking. Firstly, when the ghost of his father appears and tells
Hamlet how Claudius had murdered him by pouring poison into his ears as he lay asleep. The
ghost orders Hamlet to revenge his murder. Hamlet promises that he will do so without delay.
However, he does delay. He is so careful when he find out which the ghost said is true or not.
Secondly, Hamlet feigns madness/pretend to be mad to avoid suspicion and being
murder. Even he behaves very strangely to Ophelia, his lover, and appears not to love her at all.
It proves he is so smart, always thinks seriously about each step.
Thirdly, after being quiet certain of Claudius guilt, but he still hesitates. Although he has
opportunities to kill his uncle, he does not do that. The reason is he doesn’t want a soul of the
king go to the heaven if he kills Claudius when the king is praying.
In the other hand, Hamlet is man of action. When Hamlet talks to the queen, his mother
and he recognizes there is a person hiding behind curtain, he turn quickly, draws his sword, and
strikes at this man because he thinks this one is Claudius instead of Polonius, also his lover’s
father. This action leads to the climax of “Hamlet”, Polonius’s death thus bad begin and worse
remains behind. Hamlet is also ready to fight with Laertes- a son of Polonius in the “friendly
fight”. At the end of the fight, Laertes, himself near the death, tells Hamlet about poison sword
and wine, Hamlet rushes at the king and kills him.
The unhappy ending of the play suggest the deadlock for a way out for the cursed reality
of the feudal society and an unorganized individual struggles will end up failure; and in any
situation, who hesitate will be loser.