Why Did Hamlet Delay Killing The King?

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Hamlet says; "Haste me to know't that I with wings as swift?May sweep to my revenge." Yet by the end of the same scene, his reluctance to murder King Claudius is evident. Hamlet says; "This time is out of joint, O cursed spite, that I was ever born to set it right." Many theories have been put forward as to the reasons for Hamlet's delay in avenging the King from hereon in...
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One theory suggests that Hamlet wished to determine the nature of the Ghost before acting, for he says in Act II:2 that "The spirit I have seen may be a devil." However, even after the ?play within a play' through which Hamlet has obtained his ?proof' as to the nature of the Ghost and confirmed that Claudius is guilty, Hamlet says " I'll take the Ghost's word for a thousand pound," but fails to act and can only contemplate the event...
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