How does Hamlet feel about killing Claudius?
Hamlet’s delay in killing Claudius represents another of Hamlet’s great mysteries. 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.
Why didn’t Hamlet kill Claudius right away?
Hamlet doesn’t kill Claudius at this point because he believes that Claudius is praying. He says that killing the king NOW would be “hire and salary, not revenge!” He simply cannot send Claudius to heaven, where he would surely go were he killed just after praying and purging his sins.
Why does Hamlet hesitate to kill Claudius while Claudius is at prayer?
Others believe that Hamlet refuses to kill Claudius during prayer because that would send Claudius to a “heavenly” afterlife. 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.
Why does Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius when he finds him in the chapel?
Hamlet does not kill Claudius when he assumes that he is praying because he doesn’t want Claudius to have the luxury of going to heaven while his father, unjustly murdered, suffers in hell. He doesn’t want to do Claudius the “favor” of sending him to heaven.
What is wrong with Hamlet?
Hamlet has the problem of procrastination and cannot act from emotions due to a lack of self-discipline. He is a man of reason and denies emotions so that his search for the truth of whether Claudius killed his father is satisfied.
Does Hamlet suffer from depression?
In Hamlet, depression is chiefly seen in the title character, the prince of Denmark. Prince Hamlet has two problems. Firstly, in the wake of his father’s death, trying to figure out how to move through the grief process. He’s also depressed.