Factors in Hamlet's Decision Making

It would be easy for an angry Hamlet to take revenge. But, at first, he really isn't sure who did what? As one critic also states, Hamlet is filled with references to the need for rational control of emotion. We have to remember that from early childhood, Hamlet, as Prince of Denmark, was brought up to one day be King. His father tended to ignore him, and yet his mother was overpoweringly smothering, and giving him up to marry Claudius: "She married. O, most wicked speed.." (Act I, Scene 2, line 156). He learned to control his anger as well as his joys, it would seem. We can see that most "royals" even in modern times, have to hold to a certain demeanor that is supposed to "elevate" them in appearance, at least, as being "different".

The situation is something Hamlet has neither thought of, nor faced. He really

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