How Did Shakespeare Use Hesitation To Kill Claudius

William Shakespeare, world’s most famous, influential, and successful writer for tragic plays in the history incorporated many powerful themes in one of his most well-known play, Hamlet. In the play, hesitation was the driving theme that strongly influenced every character in the story. Each character in the story had their own goals and objectives, whether to kill, to live, to die, or to love. However, due to their hesitation within, most of their objectives were not satisfied, or satisfied with great consequences paid.
The play opened after the protagonist’s father, King Hamlet died. It was told by King Hamlet’s ghost that the new king, Claudius, who was the uncle of the protagonist Prince Hamlet, was the true murderer of King Hamlet.