Why Is Hamlet Evil

Timing is everything In order for one to act, the timing must be perfect. This can result in someone getting what they want, or never being able to achieve what they truly want. Indecisiveness, hesitation, and delay, are three major reasons why the play Hamlet is a tragedy. Hamlet has lost his father because his power hungry uncle Claudius murdered him. Hamlet being enraged wants to desperately seek revenge. In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Hamlet delayed in killing Claudius because he was waiting for the “perfect moment”. This can be proven through exploring Hamlet’s need for the proof that the ghost was authentic, Hamlet not wanting to kill Claudius while he was praying, and his desire for a public justice. While
He loves the attention and the power and because of that, he cannot get the forgiveness, although he tries "But, O, what form of prayer/ Can serve my turn? "forgive me my foul murder"?/ That cannot be, since I am still possess’d"(III.iii.52-54). Hamlet walks in on Claudius alone and praying and at this time contemplates whether or not he should kill Claudius. Hamlet decides against it because of his strong religious beliefs. Hamlet delayed in killing Claudius at this point in time because Claudius would get forgiveness and go to heaven. Hamlet believes that because his father didn’t get the opportunity to repent his sins, therefore Claudius should not either. Hamlet decides that the perfect timing to kill Claudius is "when he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,/Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed,/At gaming, swearing, or about some act/That has no relish of salvation in’t:"(III.iii.90-93). Hamlet wants to kill Claudius when he is sinning therefore he will not be offered the chance to be forgiven and will go to hell. Hamlet does not just want to kill Claudius and it be over with, he wants it to mean
He wants his story to be told and for everyone to find the truth behind his father’s death, which would result in a public justice. Justice is the quality of being fair and reasonable which would cause Hamlet and his father’s name to be cleared. In order to get this public justice, Hamlet needed Claudius death to be in a public place and to be publicly known. Claudius’ death was delayed multiple times because Hamlet needed it to be a public affair. An opportunity to kill Claudius approached while he was in the church. Hamlet considered taking his life at this time, but knew that if he were to do that he would not get the public justice that he wanted. This is because with no one around this would result in more of a private revenge. Hamlet was determined to wait for the perfect moment, which was not in private. At the end of the play, after Gertrude, Laertes, and Ophelia were dead Hamlet finally acted and killed Claudius. Whether or not it was a “perfect moment” is debatable, but it was in public. Hamlet then confides in Horatio who throughout the entire play was his voice of reason. Hamlet reaches out and ask him "O God, Horatio, what a wounded name,/Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me!/If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart/Absent thee from felicity a while,/And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain/To tell my story"(V.ii.341-346.)