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In the Act 4: Scene 4 soliloquy, “How all occasions do inform against me…” (4.4.35), Hamlet was so raged after he discovered his father’s death was not an accident but his uncle, Claudius committed the murder. He promised to avenge his father’s death at all means. Instead, he wrestles with morality, rationality, and cowardliness, ‘’Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, . … And lose the name of action.” (Act III, scene 1, 84-89), Hamlet was still unresolved to carry out the action until he met the captain who with his armies were preparing for war over a very small piece of land (Act IV, scene 4: 10-30). At this stage Hamlet think deeply about being a thinker and futile, then soliloquy, “How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge! What is man.” (4.4.35). …show more content…

Here he keeps being illogical instead of just taking action which could lead to a tragic flaw. He is angry with himself for physically not yet taken any action against Claudius. He accuses himself of forgetting his father in that "bestial oblivion," (line 41), yet he thinks his problem could be "thinking too precisely on the event" (42). Fortinbras is a good influence, and sort of a strength Hamlet needs to carry out the revenge on Claudius for his crime and incest. He did impact Hamlet to start up and be proactive with his goal. “When honor’s at the stake. How stand I

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