Hamlet continues his fiery speech by degrading himself and resoluting totake some sort of action to revenge his father's death. Next, Hamlet's flaw of irresolution is shown after his third soliloquy,the famed "To be or not to be." lines. Hamlet directly identifies hisown tragic flaw, remarking of his own inability to act. Hamlet, unsurewhether or not the his uncle Claudius was responsible for his father'smurder, schemes to have The Murder of Gonzago presented to the royal the circumstances behind the murder. Reflecting on his own guilt, he talkscourt, with a few minor changes, so its contents would closely resembleof death, referring to it as the undiscovered country, and then continuesby riddling his own feelings. He declares "conscience does make cowardsof us all" and that the natural ruddy complexion of one intent, orresolute, on an action is "sicklied" over with the "pale cast of thought". This makes an individual second guess his own actions and often timestake no action at all, due to his own irresolution. These statements notonly applied to what had occurred up to that point but also foreshadowedwhat was to occur.Next, Hamlet's flaw of irresolution is shown during his fourth soliloquy. Fortinbras, the Prince of Norway, and his army have passed by Hamlet andhis escorts. Hamlet sees the action Fortinbras was taking in fighting andthen examines Fortinbras's efforts and bravery in an attempt to rekindlehis own desire for revenge against Claudius for his father's death. Hamlet remarks how everything around him attempts to "spur my dullrevenge", yet he takes no action. He notices how he thinks "too preciselyon an event" and that he has "cause, and will, and strength, and means" toget revenge and how the evidence pointing to Claudius as his father'skiller is as evident as earth itself. Hamlet finally decides "my thoughtsbe bloody, or be nothing worth!" He has finally decided he must takeaction against Claudius in some form or fashion.
