Hamlet is many things: scholar, speaker, actor, prince. His greatness shows inall of activities, save one: his inactivity. For some reason, Hamlet is not able toavenge his father's death without considerable delay. There is one major flaw inHamlet's character which causes him to postpone the murder of Claudius. I believe that this flaw is Hamlet's idealism. While this is certainly a good trait, inthis case, because of Hamlet's environment and the circumstances which befallhim, his nature causes great conflicts within him. He was gifted with a great mind which he uses extensively. Hamlet believes thatthings should be inherently good, and that people's motives should be fair.Consequently, he has a great deal of difficulty in coming to terms with all of theevil that is around him in a corrupt world. As Hamlet said himself, "'Tis anunweeded garden that grows to seed; Things rank and gross in nature possessit merely" (Act I, sc ii). One wonders how Hamlet can interact as well with his environment as he does;he has aluded many times that life is full of evil and deceit. He says toRosencrantz that the world is a prison, in fact, "a sizable one, in which there aremany jails, cells, and dungeons." (Act II sc ii). One also might expect him to be a very bitter person, but he is not. He issometimes able to suppress his anger towards life in "prison", sometimes not.This anger, however, coupled with his need for revenge, places a great amountof stress on Hamlet. Eventually, this stress became so great that it forced him toact. But why did he wait until "point break" to do something? Perhaps Hamlet is notsure, even in his vast experience and knowledge, weather justice should be leftin his hands; despite the ghost's admonitions that it should. I agree with thebelief that it is difficult, "in a cunning and deceitful world, to tell the good manfrom the criminal." (Baron's Book Notes). Hence, his morals guide him to beabsolutely sure of his uncle's guil...
