Hamlet (Shakespeare, William)

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"Why does Hamlet, a courageous Viking prince, find himself psychologically incapable of killing his ruthless and deadly enemy, King Claudius, until it is too late to save himself?... The sphinx-like Mystery of Hamlet can be solved and the tragic hero's motivation truly apprehend…

Hamlet kills Polonius thinking he is Claudius. Yet he cannot kill Claudius. Why? Hamlet, angry, tells Ophelia: ""Take thee to a nunnery!"" [nunnery: Renaissance slang for brothel] ""There [in Heaven] is no shuffling; there the action lies in his true na.