Hamlet’s motives rally between both revenge and justice, which becomes an internal conflict which sets the pace of events throughout Shakespeares’ entire play. Revenge is Hamlet’s in ital goal in the pursuit for v indiction of his father’s death. Hamlet is torn between sensibility and care for justice, which puts a halt in taking action against Claudius. Hamlet defeats his inner struggle by combining opposing forces and internally justifying revenge. Hamlet does not initially have a strong enough will to act so ley on revenge. Even though Hamlet said he would quickly seek revenge, he admits that he has been ‘unpregnant of my cause’ and wonders whether he is a ‘coward’.
Not unit Hamlet becomes completely fed up w/ his own i nation does he finally examine the guilt of Claudius. However this action is stopped when Hamlet witnesses Claudius praying. His will is rationalized by the notion that Claudius’s our might escape eternal damnation. Hamlet finally addresses his ‘dull revenge’ in his climatic soliloquy admitting,’ I do not know why yet I live to say this things to do sit have cause and will and strength and means to do so’. He Hamlet finally swears against his previous in action’ O! From this time forth my thoughts be bloody or nothing forth, my thoughts be bloody or nothing worth. Hamlets overly intellectual mind in hi bits him from taking decisive action and he concedes this in two very important soliloquies.
First in the ‘to be or not to be’s oliloquy Hamlet concludes ” thus conscience does make cowards of us all, and thus the native hue of resolution is sick led over with the pale cast of though.