es the method up to Hamlet when he says, "But howsoever thou pursuest this act" (I,v,84) do not harm your mother, whose guilt will be enough to "prick and sting her" (I,v,88). Clearly, however, the Ghost sees the revenge as an "act" of some kind (I,v,84).
Hamlet has already been shown to be somewhat indecisive and to be brooding over the unnatural, hasty marriage of his uncle and mother. His first words are spoken to Claudius who calls him "cousin" and "son" (I,ii,64). Hamlet replies, "A little more than kin, and less than kind" (I,ii,65). He is disturbed by the fact that he now related to Claudius in more than one way--an unnatural situation that is the result of the incestuous marriage of his uncle and Gertrude. His feelings of grief over this situation go even deeper than the outwa
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