sundered. Hamlet is told what to do by the ghost of his father, whom he meets on the ramparts at night, a portent to all of things to come:
If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not;
Let not the royal bed of Denmark be
A couch for luxury and damned incest.
But howsoever thou pursuest this act,
Taint not they mind, nor let thy soul contrive
Against they mother aught: leave her to heaven. . .
Hamlet is called upon to kill Claudius and so to revenge his father's death. and this act will also restore order to the kingdom. Much has been made of his hesitation, and many critics find that his supposed hesitation is due to circumstances also beyond his control, related to the social and political realities of the time. This hesitation may be the tragic flaw that the tragic hero must possess, and yet if this is so it is di
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