Hamlet Shakespeare's Hamlet revolves around the title character's undeniable obligation to immediately avenge his father's murder. Yet much time elapses before Hamlet slays his evil uncle, leading to a fundamental question: what causes the hero to delay before eventually managing to salvage retribution? The answer lies within Hamlet's fatal flaw. His reoccurring state of impractical contemplation renders him incapable of any decisive action that could have brought about a mercurial revenge. In Hamlet, the question …showed first 75 words of 812 total…

…showed last 75 words of 812 total…with the pale cast of [his] thought"(III. I. 92) Hamlet's tendency to ponder over impractical matters rather than act thwarted his attempt to ease the pain of his tormented father and proved to be fatal. The prince's numerous soliloquies, though immortalized and treasured in literary history, render him incapable of any decisive action, prolonging his bid for quick revenge and resulting in tragedy as two complete families parish all as a result of his hesitance.