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Pressure To Insane In Shakespeare's Hamlet

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It is tough for an individual to suddenly fight for their possession even though they have no intention in it in the first place. But when one is compels to respond to a sudden event, it can pressure that individual to build the intention of committing the act but not have the courage to physically act. In the play Hamlet, Shakespeare suggested that individuals who are pressured to restore possession can cause them to procrastinate.

In the play Hamlet, Hamlet Jr. first experienced pressure when he found out about his father death. This event placed a fair bit of pressure on him as it was a mystery to everyone about the King’s sudden death. During the time period of this play, it was a catholic sin to commit suicide or kill anyone …show more content…

During Hamlet’s soliloquy throughout the play, Hamlet builds up his courage to kill Claudius and take his place as king but he ended up not proceeding to act due to overthinking which lead him to misses a opportunity to take action which shows that he is a coward when it comes to action. However, it does show that Hamlet did put this proposal into consideration and that he did act by arrange a play just to gather information to confirm that Claudius was guilty of the murder. In the progression of the play, Hamlet constantly examine the consequences of killing an individual as he would be committing a crime and would be a sinner afterwards. In one of Hamlet's soliloquy, Hamlet also debated on committing suicide in order to end all of his complications and heartache so that he does not have to deal with all of the tragedy. However, he realized that even though he is asleep, there is a possibility of him having a pleasant or dreadful dream which does not put him at peace entirely. This shows that Hamlet is not able to escape his problem and that he had no choice but to face it. Hamlet also had to think about the strategies to approach the revenge without losing a his own soul as he did not wanted to die however, on the other hand, he realized that at the end, everyone would die eventually which encouraged him to proceed with the

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