What did Hamlet say to Horatio?
If thou art privy to thy country’s fate… O, speak! Hamlet admires Horatio for the qualities that Hamlet himself does not possess. He praises Horatio for his virtue and self-control: “Horatio, thou art e’en as just a man/As e’er my conversation cop’d withal” (III.
Why does Hamlet delay killing Claudius What are the reasons for his hesitation?
Hamlet delays killing Claudius because Claudius represents Hamlet’s innermost desires to sleep with his mother Gertrude. And by killing Claudius, Hamlet would be killing a part of himself. In Act IV, Scene 1, Claudius and the queen are able to confer privately simply by dismissing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
How does Hamlet get his revenge?
Commanded by his father’s ghost in Act 1 to ‘Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder’ by his brother Claudius, who has robbed him of his wife and throne as well as his life, Hamlet swears that ‘with wings as swift / As meditation, or the thoughts of love,’ he will ‘sweep to [his] revenge’ (1.5. 25, 29–31).
Why does Hamlet hesitate to kill Claudius while Claudius is at prayer?
Hamlet refuses to kill Claudius while praying, because he believes that Claudius’s spirit will go to heaven since he is in the process of asking God for forgiveness.
How did Claudius betray Hamlet?
Claudius betrays King Hamlet by killing him and taking his fortune, his wife, and his position as King.
Who all died in Hamlet?
By the end of the tragedy, Hamlet has caused the deaths of Polonius, Laertes, Claudius, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two acquaintances of his from childhood. He is also indirectly involved in the deaths of his love Ophelia (drowning) and of his mother Gertrude (poisoned by Claudius by mistake).
What is ironic about Hamlet’s decision not to kill Claudius?
Hamlet ends up not killing him because he thinks he would go to heaven since he is praying and if he gets revenge he wants him to go to hell. It is ironic because Hamlet thought that he could not kill him because he would be sent to heaven but Claudius says that his prayer didnt work.
What does Hamlet say when he kills Claudius?
“Why this is hire and salary, not revenge” – Hamlet soliloquy. He decides that if he kills Claudius at prayer, he’ll be acting like nothing more than a hired assassin. “Then trip him that his heels may kick at heaven/ And that his soul may be as damned and black/ As hell whereto he goes” ” – Hamlet soliloquy.
Why would Hamlet make a good king?
Throughout the play, Hamlet has shown that he had all the qualities that would have made him a remarkable king. Hamlet was an intelligent, rational, clever person who had good morals. Hamlet had the chance to kill Claudius and seek his revenge but he stopped and thought rationally about what would happen if he did.