Hamlet Turning Point Essay

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Had Hamlet only… In Act 3 scene 3, a major turning point was to be happened but neglected from the choice of Hamlet. Had Hamlet killed Claudius while he was praying, there would have never been the bloody fight at the end of the play. After the play of “the Mousetrap”, Hamlet knew that Claudius had killed Old Hamlet and had every right to kill Claudius with being guilty. As the scene goes on, Claudius is described as praying for forgiveness as Hamlet enters in the set. Now might I do it pat, now he is praying. And now I’ll do’t. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged. That would be scann’d: A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven. (iii.iii.73-82) Hamlet comes in with his knife…show more content…
Hamlet continues throughout the play hesitates to kill Claudius because of the situation. Hamlet wants to be able to kill Claudius when “the time is right” or when he is drunk, mad, etc. With this cause, Hamlet is unable to kill Claudius even when he has the chance even if it is the right thing to do. Hamlet’s actions have already shown Claudius that he doesn’t like Claudius and that he wants to kill him. Since Claudius knew that Hamlet was up to something against him, Claudius tried everything to get rid of Hamlet and even tried to kill him. Hamlet may have done the right thing of not killing Claudius when he was praying, but he ultimately ended his own life from Claudius. As the scene goes on, Claudius goes on and plans a mass killing that ended Hamlet’s life. Although Hamlet waited to long for his revenge at act 5, act 3 had already proven Claudius guilty of murder. All Hamlet needed was to finished what he had started without a break, in this case, he didn’t and ended his life. A lesson to learn from Hamlets mistake can be used as an analogy to a virus in a body. If the virus isn’t killed when small, it then will grow quickly and kill the

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