He urges Hamlet that he must take revenge for his murder and kill Claudius, and says, "If thou didst ever thy father love/...Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (I.v: 29, 31). ... Hamlet delays his revenge of his father's death not because he is a coward but because his psychological feelings and need for a perfect revenge cause him to delay in order to wait for the perfect moment to kill Claudius. ... "This is explained by the fact that Hamlet, having inadequately repressed a desire to possess his mother, identifies himself with his intended victim and thus cannot, in clear cons...

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According to Aristotelian dramatic theory, a tragic hero is usually a man of noble standing and good character who possesses a tragic flaw, or hamartia, which eventually contributes to his demise. ... Hamlet begins his transformation to misery, so to speak, when he finds his mother has abruptly married his Uncle Claudius, who has now become the King of Denmark. ... For example, after Hamlet learns of Claudius" guilt in the death of his father, he decides to kill him. ... " (3:4:89-92) If Hamlet would have killed Claudius at that very moment, his father would be revenged, the internal stru...

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With Gertrude, Hamlet would also like to express his anger towards her, as well as possibly kill her or make her go insane, without arising suspicion in others that he possesses a hostile rational mental state. ... One means of achieving it would be for Hamlet to kill his mother or make her go insane, which he has the license to do thanks to his feigned insanity. ... Also, he needs his mother's love much more than he needs Ophelia's love. ... (The evidence for this arbitrary reliance on his mother's love comes from his father and Claudius both professing of their powerful need f...

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