He is all talk but no action; he doesn’t kill Claudius until the end of the play when everybody else is dying. Hamlet does not live up to his duties as a prince, the state is facing an imminent danger yet he spends relatively little time thinking about the threats to Denmark’s national security. As the prince of Denmark he should be preparing for Fortinbras, imminent attack rather than contemplating
He is all talk but no action; he doesn’t kill Claudius until the end of the play when everybody else is dying. Hamlet does not live up to his duties as a prince, the state is facing an imminent danger yet he spends relatively little time thinking about the threats to Denmark’s national security. As the prince of Denmark he should be preparing for Fortinbras, imminent attack rather than contemplating