Use some insight or insights on Hamlet from shakespeare

Characterization of Hamlet , Gertrude and Ophelia

Hamlet is a character of extraordinary complexity and depth . No simple formula can serve to solve his mystery . A different Hamlet might have killed his uncle Claudius on the strength of the Ghost 's accusation ascended the throne , married Ophelia and lived happily ever after .But such a typical hero was not likely to be of interest to Shakespeare . We can also say that in Hamlet Shakespeare presents a murderer and revenger who is both ruthless and reluctant and his death is the ultimate result of

his being charged by the Ghost to carry out instructions which were offensive to his moral principles

Like other tragic heroes of Shakespeare he is also endowed with exceptional qualities like royal birth , graceful and charming personality among his own countrymen . He has a high intellectual quality as Ophelia observes

O what a noble mind is here overthrown / The courtier 's , soldier 's scholar 's eye , tongue , sword / Th ' expectancy and rose of the fair state / The glass of fashion , and the mould of form / Th ' observed of all observers . [Act III , Scene I]

In spite of possessing all these high qualities which rank him above the other characters the flaw in his character leads to his downfall and makes him a tragic hero . The tragic flaw in the character of Hamlet is that he thinks too much and feels too much . He is often disturbed by his own nature of `self analyses . What is required of Hamlet is prompt action , whereas he broods over the moral idealism which leads to his delay in action . When he gets an opportunity to kill Claudius , he puts aside the thought because he cannot strike an enemy while he is at prayer . Several causes account for his inaction .By nature he is prone to think rather than to act . He is a man of morals and his moral idealism receives a shock when his mother remarries Claudius after his father 's death . Chance too plays an important part in shaping his character . Chance places him in such a position in which he is incapable of doing anything

He becomes inconsistent and is no longer a person who reaches a conclusion only by reasoning . Like other tragic heroes Hamlet too has to face conflict , both internal and external . The internal conflict is between his moral scruples and the act of revenge which he is called upon to perform . Love of his father , the dishonor of his mother and the villainy of his uncle prompt him to take revenge while his nobility , his moral idealism , his principles and his religion revolt against such a brutal act . The result is that , torn within himself , he suffers mental torture

Hamlets wants to take revenge against Claudius , the murderer of his father , the usurper of his rights to the throne and the seducer of his mother .In Hamlet Shakespeare presents a revenger who is both ruthless and reluctant .As a revenger he must act , on behalf...