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Hamlet: What kind of king would he have made?

The play Hamlet is seen as a story about indecisiveness, and therefore about Hamlet’s failure to act appropriately. It can be argued that Hamlet is on the edge of sanity during some of the most intense moments in the play. He hears from the ghost of his father that he was murdered. But then Hamlet derives his own plan to act insane in front of the others to search for the answer. At times it seems that morals and conscience are lost within his act, and in the end death catches up with him. Considering this, one must pose the question: what kind of king would Hamlet have made? If Hamlet had survived the events of the play and succeeded Claudius to the throne of Denmark, he would have made an incompetent king. This is justified by the following reasons; he lacks decisiveness on important decisions, he spends relatively little time looking out for others, and he will never recover from the betrayals he endured through the events of the play.
Hamlet is characterized for is inabilit...

Posted by: Quentina Green

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