In Hamlet's speech in act three, scene three Hamlet discloses many
facets of his character to us, aspects that we have thus far only been able
to see as fragments in other speeches. He reveals himself to be an
over-analytical man who often procrastinates. He also shows that he does
not really want to kill Claudius but feels compelled to out of a sense of
duty to his dead father. Hamlet demonstrates his over-analytical nature in
line seventy-three of the speech when he says "That would be scann'd:",
meaning that he should examine his situation more closely. Instead of
simply killing Claudius while he had the chance he over-analyses and
eventually decides to postpone Claudius' murder, missing the best chance he
will obtain in the play. Hamlet is also a procrastinator and this is
demonstrated many times in the play. In line eighty he says "Why, this is
hire and salary, not revenge". He knows that he must kill Claudius but he......
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