Free Hamlet Essays: Talk and Action in Hamlet :: GCSE Coursework Shakespeare Hamlet

Talk and Action in Hamlet The character of Hamlet is in truth prestigious, tho he has many shortcomings. In many cases, he shows that he is all words and no action. He waits until the very last minute to book a course of action. Hamlet realizes this, and he wishes that he had the characteristics of Fortinbras, Laertes, and Horatio.             During the course of the play, Hamlet just talks and talks virtually what he plans on doing, but when an prospect arrises to make good on his word, he backs down. for instance, when he finds Claudius praying, he could have easily killed him and been done with it. but instead, he makes up an excuse for himself, saying that it is venal to kill someone in the church. Even Laertes agreed with Claudius when he said in Act IV, Scene 7 that no place indeed should kill sanctuarize. The only times that Hamlet takes action is when he has no choice. He takes action when he is sent to England. He only doe s anything, because if he doesnt, he leave be killed. The other time that he uses action instead of words is, of course, at the end. but by that time, it is already withal late.             Laertes, on the other hand, was quite the opposite. He was all action and no talk. A very headstrong character, he was rash and let his emotions make his decisions for him. an example of this is when he finds out about his fathers death, he immediately assumes it was Claudius and enters the castle by force, fully intending on killing him. This is what Hamlet needs to be like, but only in moderation. Sometimes, when the time calls for it, you moldiness act on instinct, without having to think it through for a couple of days. Hamlet didnt want to be brash and end up getting killed like Laertes did, but then again, Laertes did avenge his fathers death a lot faster than Hamlet did. And in spite of all the thinking and planning, Hamlet still ended up the same way that Laertes did.             Fortinbras was a mix of the previous two. He carefully planned out his strategy, and then acted on it when they were finished. He showed that he was not too reckless by sending his captain ahead of him to announce that he was coming, so that the king might have repay him instead of fighting him and losing men.