Essay on Hamlet's Character

William Shakespeare's all time famous novel Hamlet does not need any introduction. Character Hamlet of that the novel is a true example of the inner torment and humankind. Hamlet is the central character of the play and represent as a very emotional person, a brave, fearless personality who has a bad and uncontrollable anger (Davies, p. 50).

Kisch, whose interview has been taken about the character of Hamlet, said that, Hamlet, who had the habit of thinking, was an idealistic person and found himself between the load of his feelings and the suspicion in his mind. Hamlet's critical flaw is his incapability to perform for his wishes. It can be endorsed to the dramatic irony of being ordered, by his father's all-powerful spirit, to do murder as revenge for King Hamlet's murder. As an obedient son, Hamlet acted consequently and tried to take revenge from King Claudius (Bloom, p. 10 - 12). Hamlet also disturbed with the situation that how could his mother love a person who has killed his father. In the process of partly pretending his madness, Hamlet lost his sense of personal identity, even attempted for suicide. All the situations that Hamlet has undergone have clouded his mind to the position where he cannot justify his own judgment, leading to a continuous disturbing attitude (Prosser, p. 198 - 200).

His thinking had an effect of the suspect thoughts that Claudius murdered his father. So, he started making plans, to take revenge of his father's death, but, he could not do so due to his own thoughts that if I killed him then he will go to heaven, so why should I kill him and send him to heaven. According to him, by doing murder of Claudius he would be performing dishonesty with the late King Hamlet ...