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Hamlet’s Fickleness After reading Hamlet my contention is that Hamlet’s indecisiveness and inability to distinguish between what is moral and what is not leads to his demise. Throughout the play Hamlet acts in a fickle manner. At one point Hamlet sits and contemplates all the consequences for each and every action that he might commit and all the ramifications of those actions. He is able to rationally act in a manner of passion …

…s murder must occur but the moral problems that are attached make his decision incredibly hard. Hamlet is not a killer by nature. Manipulation by the Ghost and his own mind, Hamlet is transformed from a cowardly philosophizer, truly wanting to gain revenge, into an insane desperate man, committing murder. Throughout the play Hamlet clearly vacillates between philosophizing and killing until he is forced to make a decision when his own life has been jeopardized.